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ATLANTIC & ECKFORD WITH 10-GAME STREAKS
BROOKLYN POWERHOUSES PLAYING INCREDIBLE BASEBALL; PENNANT RACE WILL GO TO FINISH

BROOKLYN (Aug. 6, 1877) - While the other five regional championship of the National Base Ball Organization have been decided, the Brooklyn Championship will go down to the final week as longtime rivals Atlantic & Eckford remain just two games apart in the standings.

The two are so close to one another because both have been playing absolutely extraordinary baseball over the past two weeks plus, with leaders Atlantic having won all of their last ten games (WWWWW at Cont’l, WWWWW vs Nassau Co.) and Eckford doing Atlantic one better by winning their last eleven (W at Atlantic, WWWWW at Star, WWWWW vs Marathon). The takers of the last seven Brooklyn pennants are in some of their best form ever, and right as the season nears its end.

Atlantic will be at home against third-place Bedford for the final week of games, while Eckford will play at fifth-place Empire. Both teams are 3-2 against their opposition this year. That gives the leaders a slight schedule advantage, which in turn makes them the favorites to win the Brooklyn Championship given their two-game lead with five left.

Still, Eckford cannot be counted out as nine of their eleven consecutive wins have been by multiple scores, clear evidence that they are playing utterly dominant baseball right now. Atlantic will have to consider the possibility that Eckford wins all five games at Empire, and if that happens then Atlantic will need to go 3-2 vs Bedford to force a playoff and 4-1 to win the Brooklyn Championship outright.

The 1877 Brooklyn Championship will go down to the wire, and it’s only fitting for such a pennant race to be contested by its two best outfits since the league split, with both running rampant over the opposition in recent weeks.