No Tarnish on Silver Anniversary Memories —Michelson

Several past Hall of Fame banquet memories come to mind. Some were touching, some amusing and others downright surreal. Like 1989, when the San Francisco earthquake occurred right before game three of the World Series between the Giants and Oakland Athletics—and right during our awards program in Chicago. We dutifully announced what had happened, albeit with an uneasy feeling that many people might get up and leave to check on (that was the pre-cell phone era) loved ones and acquaintances in northern California. Fortunately, there was no mass exodus before our event ended.