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Baseball History: Cal Ripkin Breaks Lou Gehrig’s Streak
Baseball History: Cal Ripkin Breaks Lou Gehrig’s Streak
Baseball History: Cal Ripkin Breaks Lou Gehrig’s Streak
One of baseball’s greatest accomplishments ‘began’ on June 1, 1925 when Lou Gehrig took over first base for Wally Pipp and started his consecutive games streak. It was July 4th, 1939, Gehrig made his famous retirement speech.