- Commissioner’s statement on Ventura, Marte
- Ronnie O’Sullivan: Masters champion ‘felt so vulnerable’ in final
- Arron Fletcher Wins 2017 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event ($140,224)
- Smith challenges Warner to go big in India
- Moncada No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Braves land 2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Kingery makes MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- New Zealand wrap up 2-0 after Bangladesh implosion
- Mathews, Pradeep, Gunathilaka to return to Sri Lanka
- Elliott hopes for rain for Poli
Gehrig’s legend hasn’t faded 75 years after death
- Updated: June 2, 2016
Major League Baseball lost one of the pre-eminent figures of its history 75 years ago Thursday, when Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig died at age 37 from the disease that now often bears his name.
Born June 19, 1903, in New York, Gehrig was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player Award winner and a six-time World Series champion with the “Murderer’s Row” Yankees. He was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1939 in a special election after he was forced to retire that season because of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Gehrig was one of the game’s most fearsome hitters of any era and the pinnacle of durability. He played in 2,130 consecutive games, which earned him the nickname “The Iron Horse.” Gehrig’s consecutive games record stood until it was broken by Cal Ripken Jr. on Sept. 6, 1995.
Gehrig won his first AL MVP Award in 1927, when he and Babe Ruth led an offensive attack for what many believe to be the greatest team in baseball history. That …
continue reading in source mlb.mlb.com
