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.
GAME #124
Wednesday, September 24, 1890
LEAGUE PARK
National League Pennant a Near Certainty
The National League pennant was all but settled this day at Cincinnati. A tightly contested affair unfolded in front of 1,948 patrons at League Park. Facing Reds' right-hander Jesse Duryea, Brooklyn opened with a run in the first and added another in the third. After being held scoreless through the fifth, Cincinnati tallied once against Adonis Terry in the sixth but would score no more. Terry limited the Reds to seven hits and three walks with eight strikeouts for his 21st victory this season. The Grooms sealed Cincinnati's fate with three unearned runs in the eighth. Over in Chicago, the Colts were defeated by the Phillies. However, Philadelphia's efforts seem to have gone for naught as Brooklyn's victory all but mathematically eliminated them from the pennant chase. The Bridegrooms now own a six-game circuit lead ahead of the Colts, each with just over six games left to play.
- FINAL: BKN 5; CHI 1
- RECORD: 81-43 (.653); 1st place, 6.0 GA of Chicago Colts
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