Reds pitcher Hunter Greene is a finalist for the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award. The award is given to a Major League Baseball player to honor his who best exhibits the character and integrity of Lou Gehrig both on and off the field.
Longtime Cincinnati sports fan Adam Wilson has passed away. The Sycamore High School graduate helped create Major League Baseball's Lou Gehrig Day, which was founded to support the ALS community.
The Houston Astros pulled one of their most-consistent winning tricks in Game 3 of the ALCS against the Texas Rangers, improving to 18-2 in the postseason when Yordan Alvarez has an RBI. That matches Lou Gherig.
The Arizona Diamondbacks, who barely made the playoffs this year, are looking to do the unthinkable on Wednesday night: Sweep the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers.
As a rookie, in his first postseason run, Diamondbacks’ All-Star outfielder Corbin Carroll is putting up numbers not seen since Lou Gehrig back in 1928.
Celebrating his 34th birthday at Chavez Ravine on Tuesday, LA first baseman Freddie Freeman's special day came with four hits in a clobbering of the San
Red Sox rookie first baseman Triston Casas now has something in common with Yankees legend Lou Gehrig after smashing two homers off Mets starter Max Scherzer Saturday night.
The Los Angeles Dodgers rolled the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night, 11-4. The win moved the Dodgers to 50-38 on the season while the loss dropped the Angels to .500 at 45-45.
Philadelphia Phillies catcher JT Realmuto made and joined all kinds of history on Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Phillies lost, 9-8, which sours the accomplishment a bit, but it doesn't sour the things that came with the accomplishment.
ARLINGTON, Texas – Texas Rangers catcher Jonah Heim caught the first pitch of Friday’s game from his mother-in-law in commemoration of Lou Gehrig Day. Hillary Prince threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Kent Hrbek was only 22 when he became an everyday player for the Twins in 1982, fulfilling a dream the slugging first baseman shared with his father, Ed, growing up in the shadow of Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington.
On Lou Gehrig day in San Diego, the Chicago Cubs outpitched and outhit the talented yet underperforming San Diego Padres. It was a low scoring affair, and the Cubs ultimately came out ahead 2-1.
MLB is celebrating the third annual Lou Gehrig Day on Friday, which coincides with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers beginning a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.
June 2nd, 2023 marks the third annual Lou Gherig Day. A day created by Major League Baseball to collectively raise awareness and research funds for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
In 2021, baseball researcher Sarah Langs was diagnosed with ALS, which is often called Lou Gehrig's disease because of how the namesake brought the ailment into the public consciousness.
MLB is celebrating the third annual Lou Gehrig Day on Friday, which coincides with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers beginning a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.
Here are some baseball players who got into acting to varying degrees of success.
Using WAR to help us rank them, let's look at the top 24 players in the history of the New York Yankees.
Gehrig died at the young age of 37 on June 2, 1941, less than two years after his iconic speech. A member of the Major League Baseball All-Century and All-Time Teams, the Hall of Famer Gehrig was a seven-time All-Star.
On this date in 1939, Lou Gehrig's streak of consecutive games played ended at 2,130, as he took himself out of the Yankees lineup against the Tigers with muscle weakness.
Gehrig, of course, held the record for most consecutive games played in MLB history until Cal Ripken Jr. came along and broke it.
Here is a look at the greatest second-half performances in MLB history, including the mark that many of them stamped on the history of the game.
The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play. As far as heralded accomplishments that can be achieved in one contest, it doesn't get much better than the four-homer game.
A truly legendary baseball player and an all-time New York Yankees great. Here is a look back at the career of the man known as the Iron Horse.
If it feels like baseball has been around forever compared to the other major sports in America, it is because it has. The MLB was founded in 1903, with the National League predating that with its foundation in 1876.
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