Read more Lou Gehrig stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4683/lou-gehrig.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:03:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69217/jeter-breaks-gehrigs-yankees-hits-mark.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDerek Jeter broke the New York Yankees' hit record held by Lou Gehrig for more than seven decades, singling to right field in the third inning of tonight's game against visiting Baltimore.That gave the shortstop 2,722 hits, one more than Gehrig. Jeter, 35, added an RBI single in...http://www.newser.com/story/69217/jeter-breaks-gehrigs-yankees-hits-mark.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 21:51:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69005/jeter-ties-gehrig-for-yankees-hit-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDerek Jeter and Lou Gehrig are tied at the top. Jeter matched the New York Yankees record for hits with a seventh-inning single tonight against Tampa Bay. Jeter's third hit of the game gave him 2,721 in a Yankees uniform, tying a mark held by Gehrig for more than...http://www.newser.com/story/69005/jeter-ties-gehrig-for-yankees-hit-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 21:20:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63488/mlb-fetes-gehrigs-luckiest-man-speech-at-70.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMajor League Baseball will honor the 70th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s “luckiest man” retirement speech tomorrow, part of a campaign against the disease that now bears his name, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. “It’s one of the great moments in American sports and, arguably, American popular culture,” a professor says of...http://www.newser.com/story/63488/mlb-fetes-gehrigs-luckiest-man-speech-at-70.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 12:50:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55366/can-baseball-save-america-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlayers like Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth inspired America to endure the Great Depression, but with the season kicking off tonight, can overpaid and steroid-ridden players still mean something in hard times? Eric Spitznagel hits the spring training circuit for Vanity Fair to find out—and puts the question to...http://www.newser.com/story/55366/can-baseball-save-america-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Apr 2009 17:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/4026/a-rod-slams-30th-as-yanks-bedevil-angels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlex Rodriguez inked 4 RBIs and hammered an MLB-leading 30th home run in a 12-0 shellacking of Ervin Santana and the Angels yesterday. The blast lifts A-rod to 22nd on the all-time list, besting Lou Gehrig and giving him the most home runs by a pinstriper at the All-Star break...http://www.newser.com/story/4026/a-rod-slams-30th-as-yanks-bedevil-angels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Jul 2007 6:25:50 CDT