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When New York Yankees first baseman Wally Pipp is unable to take the field, manager Miller Huggins turns to 21-year-old Lou Gehrig, a highly-touted phenom who, nevertheless, seldom got a chance to ...

Jimmy Sebring hit the first World Series homer back in 1903 and in the third game of the 118th Fall Classic, Alec Bohm of the Phillies hit the 1,000th. By Tyler Kepner Gwen Petersen, who has Lou ...

As baseball is to America, Lou Gehrig is to baseball. The man didn’t just play the game; he carved his name into its soul. But it’s not just his game stats that make him one of the greatest American ...