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 the New York Giants second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last campaign as an AA member club. The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut where they remain to this day. Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.
Bridegrooms Defeat Phillies in O'Brien's Return
The Bridegroom's lineup is back intact. A Washington Park crowd of 1,082 cheered the return of Darby O'Brien to his rightful place in center field. The days of Manager McGunnigle extending Tom Daly,
Dave Foutz, Bob Caruthers, and Adonis Terry, beyond their normal parameters, are now done, and the National League had better beware. With everyone back in place, Brooklyn immediately pounded the offerings of Philadelphia starter Tom Vickery for three runs in the first and another trio of runs in the second. They tacked on another in the third and tallied one last time in the seventh. Right fielder Oyster Burns, Daly, and Foutz each drove in two runs, and George Pinkney delivered one. Burns led all batters with three hits, including a double, and leadoff man Hub Collins wielded two hits and three times crossed home plate. Back in the box, Adonis Terry held the Phillies scoreless through the first six innings, then yielded two in the seventh and one in the ninth on six total hits and just one walk for his fifteenth win this season. With the loss, Philadelphia falls four games behind Brooklyn in the standings.
- FINAL: PHI 3; BKN 8
- RECORD: 63-33 (. 656); 1st place, 2.0 GA of Boston Beaneaters
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