BOISE, Idaho — This Day In Sports…June 2, 1925, 100 years ago today:

When New York Yankees first baseman Wally Pipp is unable to take the field, manager Miller Huggins turns to 21-year-old Lou Gehrig , a highly-touted phenom who, nevertheless, seldom got a chance to play (he was even left off the Yankees’ 1923 World Series roster). Gehrig replaced Pipp in the starting lineup and helped the Yanks beat the Washington Senators 8-5, going 3-for-5 at the plate. Gehrig had appeared in just 12 games to that point—and 34 overall in two-plus seasons.

But, of course, he would not miss another game until 1939—playing in 2,130 consecutive contests, an iron man streak that was once thought to be unbreakable. It would stand for more than 56 years until it was eclipsed by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995. Rip

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