{"id":157191,"date":"2025-09-20T14:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T14:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/157191\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T14:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T14:26:07","slug":"dodgers-giants-combine-for-absurd-mlb-history-not-done-since-1896-brooklyn-grooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/157191\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers, Giants combine for absurd MLB history not done since 1896 Brooklyn Grooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dodgers, Giants combine for absurd MLB history not done since 1896 Brooklyn Grooms<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a><\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants have played a couple thousand baseball games through the years, from one coast to the other.<\/p>\n

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After Friday night’s Dodgers win, the all-time series is now tied, 1,287 wins to 1,287 wins.<\/p>\n

And amazingly, it’s the first time their all-time series has been tied since Aug. 10, 1896.<\/p>\n

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There are a few important details to note about those 1896 teams, of course.<\/p>\n

They both played in New York City, for starters. The Giants were the New York Giants, pretty simple.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers? In 1896, they were known as the Brooklyn Grooms.<\/p>\n

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And if you think those are the only fun facts you’re getting, you’re wrong.<\/p>\n

The Grooms’ ace pitcher in 1896 was named Brickyard Kennedy (his real name was William).<\/p>\n

And the Giants’ ace? Dad Clarke, also real name William.<\/p>\n

The Grooms remained the Grooms until 1899, when they became the Superbas. They kept that name for a dozen seasons until the term Trolley Dodgers earned them their moniker that stuck.<\/p>\n

Back in 2025, the Dodgers had a special Friday night. Clayton Kershaw made his final home regular season start before his retirement. Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts blasted back-to-back homers to take the lead and not look back.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, the Giants and Dodgers will play to break the all-time tie.<\/p>\n

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