Cubs’ Lavender no-hits Giants, 101 years ago today
Chicago Cubs pitcher Jimmy Lavender’s no-hit the New York Giants, 101 years ago today Lavender’s gem came during the first game of a Tuesday, August 31, 1915 doubleheader at the Polo Grounds. The Giants’ Fred Merkle, immortalized by a 1908 baserunning blunder that became known as “Merkle’s Boner,” was the only New Yorker to reach…