2nd to Ruth, 2nd to Ripken; But as a Person of Magnitude, Lou Gehrig Is Second to None

The Washington Post | September 6, 1995| | Copyright

It will happen tonight. The unimaginable, the unthinkable will happen.

The baseball record long deemed as the most defiant to challenge, the most unassailable, the most unapproachable, will yield to the unstoppable 13-year assault of Cal Ripken.

Cal Ripken, who reported for work in the Orioles' infield every game day since May 30, 1982. When he lopes out to his shortstop position tonight, he will be measured for baseball immortality as the man who played in 2,131 consecutive major league games, upstaging the record set by Lou Gehrig that stood, decade after decade, for 56 years.

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