On This Day, Sept. 6: Cal Ripken Jr

On This Day, Sept. 6: Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak

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The numbers on the Camden warehouse wall are the same ones used when Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played back on September 5, 1995. The numbers were changed during a 10-year anniversary celebration of the night Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s record of playing in 2,130 straight games on September 6, 2005 at […]

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