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
GAME EIGHT
Saturday, October 25, 1890
vs.
FROM
Washington Park
The Bridegrooms and Colonels finally played their first eastern championship game before 1,042 loyal fans in cold weather and wet field conditions at Washington Park. It was only the fifth game in eight attempts in this series. Brooklyn played minus Darby O'Brien's and George Pinkney's services; however, Bob Caruthers returned to action. The Bridegrooms scored two runs in the first, highlighted by an Oyster Burns home run. Each team scored once in the second, and starter Tom Lovett took care of the rest. He limited Louisville to one other run in the fifth on five total hits and one walk for the win. Brooklyn added pairs of runs in the fourth and seventh innings for a 7-2 margin of victory. They also played flawless defense while the Colonels committed six errors, resulting in four unearned runs. Catcher Tom Daly went 2 for 4 with a double, and Dave Foutz wielded a triple. The Bridegrooms now lead the series with three victories, one loss, and one tie. Before the game, both teams joined to finally raise Brooklyn's National League pennant up the flagstaff.
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