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 SEVEN
Tuesday, October 28, 1890
vs.
FROM
Washington Park
Louisville's young right-hander Red Ehret proved too savvy for the Bridegrooms, who were limited to four scattered hits. Third baseman George Pinkney again did not play due to illness. After taking an early 2-1 lead in the first, Brooklyn did not score again. Facing 30-game winner Tom Lovett, the visiting Colonels scored three decisive runs in the third, then added a pair in the eighth for a 6-2 final margin of victory. Seven games have been played, with each team winning three and one ending in a tie. And that's the way it will stay. Only a few hundred fans braved the frigid conditions at Washington Park. Before the game, President Byrne and the Colonels' manager Jack Chapman agreed to postpone the rest of the series due to inclement weather and revisit it in the spring. Thus, the 1890 World's Championship ended in a draw and brought the 1890 baseball season to a close.
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