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Transcript: Cal Ripken Ties Lou Gehrig's Record
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- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- September 5, 1995
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Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles tonight tied Lou Gehrig's record
for consecutive games played. Tomorrow evening Ripken will break the
record with 2,131 consecutive games played.
LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: It's All Things Considered. I'm Linda Wertheimer.
ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: And I'm Robert Siegel. This evening the Baltimore
Orioles hosted the California Angels, and after four-and-a-half innings
the game entered baseball's record book and so did the name of Cal
Ripken. He tied one of the game's great records. He's expected to
break it tomorrow.
Tonight was the Oriole's shortstop's 2,130 consecutive game - all
of them for Baltimore. That's the ...