Monday, June 19, 2006

Lou Gehrig



The Iron Horse would have been 103 today. Two pieces of trivia always stuck out for me about Gehrig.

1. His #4 was the first number retired by any pro team in any sport.

2. He died exactly 16 years to the day that he took over for Wally Pipp and his consecutive game streak began.

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