Claim: The Cincinnati Reds won the Major League 1990 baseball World Series over the Oakland Athletics (who were the American League Pennant winners) and the OA's manager eventually moved on to become the Chicago White Sox manager.
Evidence: The 87th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the defending champions and heavily favored American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds defeated the Athletics in a four-game sweep. Anthony La Russa Jr. (/ləˈruːsə/; born October 4, 1944) is an American professional baseball manager for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).