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NY Sports HOF Relaunches With Gehrig NFT
Major Leagues

NY Sports HOF Relaunches With Gehrig NFT

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniJune 23, 2021June 23, 2021

The New York Sports Hall of Fame relaunched today with a slate of digital firsts, including bidding on a non-fungible token (NFT) of the speech …

Strat-O-Matic: Gehrig Would Have Surpassed 600 Homers
Major Leagues

Strat-O-Matic: Gehrig Would Have Surpassed 600 Homers

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniJune 2, 20211

Strat-O-Matic, the market leader in sports simulation, today released the results of three simulations tied to baseball’s observation of “Lou Gehrig Day” as part of …

Strat-O-Matic To Celebrate Lou Gehrig Day With Simulations, ALS Association Donation
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Strat-O-Matic To Celebrate Lou Gehrig Day With Simulations, ALS Association Donation

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniMay 27, 2021May 27, 20211

With the recent announcement that baseball will observe “Lou Gehrig Day” annually on June 2, Strat-O-Matic, the market leader in sports simulation, today unveiled its …

Gehrig Bat, ’23 Yankees Hope Plate, Murderers’ Row Photo Highlight SCP Auction
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Gehrig Bat, ’23 Yankees Hope Plate, Murderers’ Row Photo Highlight SCP Auction

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniMarch 26, 20211

After being packed away for decades, one of Lou Gehrig’s final game used bats from the 1938 season and possibly during that year’s Fall classic …

N.Y. Well Represented In Hall Of Fame Book
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N.Y. Well Represented In Hall Of Fame Book

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniDecember 5, 20201

When the Mets opened their Hall of Fame in Citi Field, I sometimes joked that the Yankees have a Hall of Fame, too… in Cooperstown. …

Ripken Streakbreaking Game Gets Commemorative Topps Curated Set
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Ripken Streakbreaking Game Gets Commemorative Topps Curated Set

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniSeptember 2, 2020

Cal Ripken Jr. and Lou Gehrig are inextricably linked in baseball history, their improbable consecutive games played streaks compiled in vastly different eras but with …

Ruth Collection To Be Offered At Yankee Stadium Auction June 15
Major Leagues

Ruth Collection To Be Offered At Yankee Stadium Auction June 15

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniDecember 12, 2018December 12, 2018

Hunt Auctions is honored to announce a highly significant offering of historic baseball artifacts and personal materials from the collection of New York Yankees’ legend …

New York Yankees

Lou Gehrig Signed Yankees Contract Bidding At $110,000

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniNovember 15, 2017

The Lou Gehrig Signed New York Yankees Uniform Players Contract from 1925 is the current high bid of $110,000 on the Steiner Auctions “Fall Classic” …

Major Leagues

N.Y. Items Stand Out In Christie’s Baseball Auction

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniAugust 31, 2016

The New York Gotham’s National League membership application. A Lou Gehrig game-used bat. Sandy Koufax‘s rookie card. Joe DiMaggio‘s Yankees contract. Those are just four …

Major Leagues / New York Yankees

Luckiest Man Exhibit A Tribute To Lou Gehrig And Pete Frates

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniSeptember 10, 2014

To commemorate one of the greatest speeches in American history, the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center has opened a new exhibit, “The Luckiest Man,” …

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