lou gehrig

The truth is the two Hall of Famer didn’t exactly destroy the Battle Creek team, as the All-Star team from the babe and Lou only defeated the team three to one. Both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig got a hit and the latter was even one of the runs scored.

It was 75 years ago that Lou Gehrig took himself out of the New York Yankees' lineup, ending his ironman streak at 2,130 games. That record was eclipsed by the Baltimore Orioles' Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1995. That's the thing about records like that. I THINK Ripken's consecutive games played streak number is 2,632, but I'm not sure. I KNOW Hank Aaron hit 755 home runs, but I'm only "pretty sure