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Thirty years ago today on May 30, 1982, Cal Ripken Jr. began his illustrious run at Lou Gehrig’s record of consecutive games played. Little did the world know that 21-year old Cal Ripken Jr. would earn his place in Cooperstown, breaking a 56-year-old record that many had deemed unbreakable.
On September 6, 1995 Ripken broke Gehrig’s record for his 2,131st consecutive game in front of the sold-out hometown crowd at Camden Yards and truly made it one to remember by hitting a home run in a 4 to 2 win against the California Angels. Ripken went on to play an additional 501 straight games over the next 3 years, further establishing himself as The Iron Man of Baseball.
Written by Kevon Knudsen
Good work, Kev!
I know they said the same about Lou Gehrig’s games-played record, but this is truly a record that will never be broken.
@Sean- I agree… Wilt’s 100pt game has a better shot of being challenged.
Wow! Can’t believe that was 30 years ago already. You know what they say…records are made to be broken.
Nice Post!