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.
1890
WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Upon the conclusion of their regular season and securing their first-ever National League championship, the Brooklyn Bridegrooms traveled to Kansas City, where they played the champion of the Western League - a minor league circuit founded in 1885 by Ban Johnson and that at the turn of the century would become the American League of baseball known today. The weather in Kansas City was damp and field conditions were slippery throughout. On Friday, October 10, Byrne's sluggers took the opening contest as Brooklyn's 26-game winner Adonis Terry claimed the victory. In the second game played on October 12, Kansas City mustered an 8-7 win against 30-game winner Tom Lovett. The Bridegrooms clinched the series the following day on the arm of Bob Caruthers in a similar 8-7 affair. Although the Grooms were looking to stay clear of injuries prior to their showdown against Louisville, second baseman Hub Collins wreched his knee very badly. On Wednesday, October 15, the Bridegrooms defeated right-hander Joe Neale and the American Association St. Louis Browns - who, after the 1891 season, would join the National League and eventually be known as the Cardinals. Meanwhile, the World's Series matchup scheduled against Louisville was already being plagued by predictions of little interest.
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