Lex Anteinternet: Baseball's Only Double No Hitter, May 2, 1917

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Baseball's Only Double No Hitter, May 2, 1917

On this day.

Winning pitcher Toney.

The Reds v The Cubs. Ten innings. One run. Victory to the Reds.

Hippo Vaughn.

Fred Toney v. Hippo Vaughn. They both pitched the entire game.

When the run came in, and the Cubs lost, Cubs owner Charlie Weeghman stuck his head into the Cubs clubhouse and yelled at the team, “You’re all a bunch of asses!

Charlie Weeghman, far left, in 1914.

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