Anniversary of majors’ first same-day no-nos
On this day in 1898, Ted Breitenstein and Jim Jay Hughes threw no-hitters on the sane day. Ted Breitenstein, who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds, no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati’s League Park. That same day, Jim Jay Hughes, of the National League Baltimore Orioles, no-hit the Boston Beaneaters. The feat wasn’t duplicated until 1991,…