YANKEES GEHRIG RUFFING

New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, left, backstops for pitcher Red Ruffing, who is batting in the Yankees warm-up period, in New York City on June 22, 1939. Gehrig, who ended his baseball career after 2,130 consecutive games, suffers from a rare degenerative disease called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. (AP Photo)