Gehrig's Iron Horse Legacy Remembered

On May 2, 1939, baseball legend Lou Gehrig voluntarily took himself out of the lineup, ending his remarkable streak of 2,130 consecutive games played. Known as the "Iron Horse" for his durability, Gehrig's career was cut short by what would later be diagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), now commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Despite his early retirement and death in 1941, Gehrig's legacy endures through his famous 1939 retirement speech where he called himself "the luckiest man on the face of this earth." His Hall of Fame induction in 1939 and Cal Ripken Jr. breaking his consecutive games record in 1995 continue to cement his place as one of baseball's greatest players. slot-chickenroad.org