| 1988 Tom Hanks film |
| 1997 World Series MVP Hernandez |
| #1 song between Phil Collins's "Groovy Kind of Love" and The Escape Club's "Wild Wild West" (1988 wasn't good for music, apparently) |
| A.L. M.V.P.: 1980 |
| A.L. stand-ins |
| A.L. East rival of the D-Rays, O's, Sox, and Yanks |
| 1981 NBA MVP |
| A.L. home run champ of 1950 and '53 |
| A.L. lineup fixtures |
| 1988 Olympic track star, informally |
| Critic's negative review of a 1988 Hanks film? |
| A.L. Central scoreboard abbr. |
| AL MVP of 1951, 1954 and 1955 |
| 1988 Olympics locale |
| An Olympics site: 1988 |
| 1988 Bush campaign adviser |
| A.L. triple-crown winner: 1956 |
| A.L. or N.L. honorees |
| A.L. Central team, on a scoreboard |
| Advice to a budding alarmist? [1988, 1999, 1994] |
| A.L. or N.L. honoree |
| A.L. or N.L. Central city |
| All Wrigley Field contests, until 1988 |
| 1988 Carl Weathers title role |
| A.L. or N.L. V.I.P.'s |
| Carew's predecessor as A.L. Rookie of the Year |
| 1988 thriller with Alan Rickman as terrorist Hans Gruber |
| A.L. city on scoreboards |
| A.L. home-run champion: 1984 |
| 1988 Dreyfuss-Julia comedy |