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 #125
Saturday, September 27, 1890
NATIONAL LEAGUE PARK
National League Suits Byrne's Bridegrooms Just Fine
The Bridegrooms cannot be overcome. Despite five games remaining on the schedule, the 1890 championship loop is made. Brooklyn shall officially take possession of the National League flag upon the season's conclusion. After a rain-compromised series at Cincinnati, the Bridegrooms arrived in chilly Cleveland and posted two runs during their first at-bat. The locals quickly tied the game against
Adonis Terry with single runs in the home first and second. Terry then walked and scored on a passed ball in the fourth, and the Bridegrooms tallied again in the fifth. Cleveland closed within a run in the seventh, but the Bridegrooms settled this affair with three runs on three hits in the final frame. The victory gives Brooklyn a 6.5-game lead ahead of Philadelphia and Chicago, who are now left to battle for second place rights.
- FINAL: BKN 7; CLE 4
- RECORD: 82-43 (.656); *First Place, 6.5 GA of Philadelphia Phillies; Chicago Colts
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