Odd box -- 23 putouts by Columbus instead of 24. (It's not related to the ejection; that runner was ruled safe.) I'm thinking that all the references to sacrifices in the story meant any out that advanced a runner, intentional or not. On the other hand, five assists for the Brooklyn catcher suggest that a lot of balls weren't being hit very far. I'm pretty sure stolen bases in 1889 -- the box says there were 11 of them -- still included some extra-base advancements on hits. (Apparently the umpire, "Mr Goldsmith", was Fred Goldsmith, the curve ball pioneer from the early 1880s.)
Odd box -- 23 putouts by Columbus instead of 24. (It's not related to the ejection; that runner was ruled safe.) I'm thinking that all the references to sacrifices in the story meant any out that advanced a runner, intentional or not. On the other hand, five assists for the Brooklyn catcher suggest that a lot of balls weren't being hit very far. I'm pretty sure stolen bases in 1889 -- the box says there were 11 of them -- still included some extra-base advancements on hits. (Apparently the umpire, "Mr Goldsmith", was Fred Goldsmith, the curve ball pioneer from the early 1880s.)