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NEWS ABOUT: Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig stories: 5 news summaries
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 Jeter Breaks 
 Gehrig's 
 Yankees 
 Hits Mark 

Shortstop, 35, adds another as rain holds off long enough for game to become official

Sep 11, 09 9:51 PM CDT
(AP) - Derek Jeter broke the New York Yankees' hit record held by Lou Gehrig for more than seven decades, singling to right field in the third inning of tonight's game against visiting Baltimore.That gave the shortstop 2,722 hits, one more than Gehrig. Jeter, 35, added an RBI single in... More »

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(AP) - Derek Jeter and Lou Gehrig are tied at the top. Jeter matched the New York Yankees record for hits with a seventh-inning single tonight against Tampa Bay. Jeter's third hit of the game gave him 2,721 in a Yankees uniform, tying a mark held by Gehrig for more than... More »

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(Newser) - Major League Baseball will honor the 70th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s “luckiest man” retirement speech tomorrow, part of a campaign against the disease that now bears his name, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. “It’s one of the great moments in American sports and, arguably, American popular culture,... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Lou Gehrig • Lou Gehrig's disease • Mark Teixeira • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis • Fourth of July • Independence Day • Gary Cooper • The Pride of the Yankees

(Newser) - Players like Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth inspired America to endure the Great Depression, but with the season kicking off tonight, can overpaid and steroid-ridden players still mean something in hard times? Eric Spitznagel hits the spring training circuit for Vanity Fair to find out—and puts the question to... More »

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steroids • New York Yankees • Babe Ruth • recession • Lou Gehrig • baseball • American

A-Rod Slams 30th as Yanks Bedevil Angels

Hot corner-tender surpasses Gehrig
in 12-run shutout

Jul 9, 07 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez inked 4 RBIs and hammered an MLB-leading 30th home run in a 12-0 shellacking of Ervin Santana and the Angels yesterday. The blast lifts A-rod to 22nd on the all-time list, besting Lou Gehrig and giving him the most home runs by a pinstriper at the All-Star break... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Chien Ming Wang • Lou Gehrig • Anaheim Angels • Hideki Matsui • Robinson Cano • Bobby Abreu • AL East • Bronx Bombers • Roger Marris • baseball

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