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...IRON AGE REVISITED Ripken was also responsible for bringing back the hallowed memory of the "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig. By playing in 2,131--and counting--consecutive games for the Baltimore Orioles, the Iron Bird has channeled not only Gehrig's incredible work ethic but his grace and humility as well...
...been a month now since the great Iron Man streak of Lou Gehrig was broken by shortstop Cal Ripken...
...them were, and still are, valid questions. But they tend to obscure the excitement and joy that fans of the sport shared as two of its greats, Gehrig and Ripken, were linked in baseball immortality...
...individual over the past three months who was more talked about than O.J., it was probably Oriole shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., who on September 5 broke what many thought the most untouchable record in professional sports: the streak of 2,130 consecutive games owned by former Yankee Lou Gehrig...
...fitting then that the defining moment in the 1995 baseball season to this point was Cal Ripken's breaking of Lou Gehrig's immortal record...