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Red Stockings' 84 game winning streak snapped...

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NEW YORK HERALD, June 15, 1870

  • Cincinnati Red (reds) Stockings
  • 84 game baseball win streak ends
  • Brooklyn Atlantics

Page 5 has small column heads regarding the defeat of the Cincinnati Red Stockings by the Brooklyn Atlantics, ending their phenomenal 84-game winning streak with: "The National Game" "The 'Red Stockings' Defeated by a Brooklyn Crowd" (see image) Great to have this report in a newspaper from where the event occurred. 
Complete with 12 p[ages, good condition.

Background: On June 14, 1870, baseball history witnessed a landmark moment when the Cincinnati Red Stockings—the sport’s first fully professional team—suffered a famous 8–7 loss in 11 innings to the Brooklyn Atlantics, ending an unprecedented 81-game winning streak and an extraordinary 130-game undefeated streak spanning over two seasons. Played before an immense crowd of 20,000 spectators at Brooklyn’s Capitoline Grounds, the contest stood out not only for its immense stakes but for its extraordinary, chaotic finish. Tied 5–5 after nine innings, the Atlantics were ready to settle for a draw—a rare allowance in early baseball rules—until Red Stockings manager Harry Wright boldly insisted on extra innings to secure a clear victor. Cincinnati surged ahead 7–5 in the top of the 11th, but Brooklyn staged a wild rally in the bottom half, dramatically aided when a spectator jumped onto the back of Cincinnati outfielder Cal McVey as he gave chase to a ball along the crowd-lined perimeter. Taking advantage of the bizarre interference and a subsequent infield error, Brooklyn scored three unanswered runs to clinch the stunning upset. The legendary defeat proved so monumental that it permanently shattered the invincible aura of baseball’s first professional dynasty, causing fan interest to wane and directly prompting the original Red Stockings squad to disband at the end of the 1870 season.

Category: Post-Civil War
Price
$112
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.