The deciding game of the 1889 World’s Championship Series was played on October 29th, featuring the New York Giants of the National League and the Brooklyn Bridegrooms of the American Association. The Giants won the best-of-eleven series, 6 games to 3. As the annual competition between the champions of the National League and the American Association, this series proved to be the precursor to the modern World Series.
Brooklyn’s Washington Park, 1880s (Wikimedia Commons)
