From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS
In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an inter-city rivalry was born. While this marked New York's second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last as an AA member club. The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut. Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.
GAME CALLED: RAIN
In April, this is the third game postponed by Jupiter Pluvius at Washington Park, Brooklyn. The Bridegrooms are winners of three consecutive games, with the last two coming against the Beaneaters. Weather permitting, they'll close out their series against Boston tomorrow, then welcome to Brooklyn the New York Giants. The two local teams were pitted against each other in the 1889 World Series when Brooklyn was still a member club of the American Association. The upcoming series will mark the burgeoning rivalry's first-ever National League regular season contest.
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