The thing about that 1989 title game is that nobody expected it to be played that day.
Yes, I there and it poured rain all morning, under normal circumstances it would have been postponed.
However, CBS was going to carry the game live at noon, but only if it was played that day.
So, of course it was played and yes if it had been the next day, Dressendorfer would have been the starting pitcher.
The big matchup of the Series was when Texas and Dressendorfer faced LSU and Big Ben McDonald, Texas shelled him, and he was knocked out in the 4th inning to win. Dress wasn't sharp either, but Bryan Dare came in and closed it out.
Coach Gus asked Dressendorfer if he could go, and he said he couldn't yet.
Scott Bryant had to start instead and was wild, Dare had to come in and get out of the inning. Texas made like three errors and fell behind and never recovered.
The first inning was a killer as Texas led off the game with back-to-back singles, but David Tolleson got picked off first on of all things the fake to third and throw to first play and Texas didn't score.
The uniforms looked good though.
The two Texas players at the start of this video were actually guys that didn't play that much, Curry Hardin a pitcher #13 and backup catcher Eddie Toledo #35. Maybe that's why Gus let them do it.