{"id":60189,"date":"2018-12-05T07:15:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T12:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/?post_type=lecture&#038;p=60189"},"modified":"2024-04-30T13:14:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:14:33","slug":"gehrig-and-ripken","status":"publish","type":"lecture","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/gehrig-and-ripken\/","title":{"rendered":"Gehrig and Ripken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">great lives lecture series<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Gehrig and Ripken<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"3244d918d1a6cbd37a3657c76c8ec3ee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor wpv-gutenberg-view-wrapper-61885\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTRf1d5483c5f552969301588ac5b73f36d\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTRf1d5483c5f552969301588ac5b73f36d\" data-viewnumber=\"61885-CATTRf1d5483c5f552969301588ac5b73f36d\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;61885&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/plugins\/toolset-blocks\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:1,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/60189?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTRf1d5483c5f552969301588ac5b73f36d&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/60189?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTRf1d5483c5f552969301588ac5b73f36d\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n          <h2 class=\"lectureDate\">Lecture Date: April 2, 2019<\/h2>\n\n<h3>The JON Properties\/Van Zandt Restorations Lecture<\/h3>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/330586609?dnt=1&app_id=122963\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Great Lives, Gehrig and Ripken\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"topicSummary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/16_Gehrig-Ripken-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/16_Gehrig-Ripken-200x300.jpg 200w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/16_Gehrig-Ripken-768x1152.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/16_Gehrig-Ripken-683x1024.jpg 683w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/16_Gehrig-Ripken-760x1140.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p>Since major league baseball began in 1876, more than 19,000 players have suited up. But only two have played in more than 2,000 consecutive games: Lou Gehrig, the great, ill-fated New York Yankees slugger from the 1920s and 1930s, and Cal Ripken Jr., the Baltimore Orioles shortstop who holds the record, having played in 2,632 straight games in the 1980s and 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>The consecutive-game streaks of Ripken and Gehrig are deemed among baseball\u2019s greatest feats along with Joe DiMaggio\u2019s 56-game hitting streak, Cy Young\u2019s 511 pitching career wins and a few others. Yet it\u2019s also an achievement some in the game grumble about, wondering whether playing every day helps a team win, and also, whether a player is selfish for seeking individual glory.<\/p>\n<p>John Eisenberg will explore the backgrounds of Gehrig and Ripken -- immigrant tales, both \u2013 to understand what led them to tackle such an unusual challenge. So why did they do it? Gehrig wanted to escape Ruth\u2019s shadow and establish his own legacy. Ripken insists he didn\u2019t care about the record, just about being there for his teammates every day.  Yet that record, Eisenberg contends, almost surely will stand for as long as baseball is played.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"lectureSpeaker\" style=\"padding-top: 1em;\">Speaker: John Eisenberg<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speakerInfo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/16_Eisenberg-John-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail alignleft\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/16_Eisenberg-John-150x150.png 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/16_Eisenberg-John-455x453.png 455w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/16_Eisenberg-John-50x50.png 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/16_Eisenberg-John-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n<p>John Eisenberg is one of the country\u2019s most acclaimed sportswriters. A native of Dallas, Texas and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he started out covering the \u201cFriday Night Lights\u201d for the now-defunct Dallas Times Herald in 1979. After rising through the ranks to cover pro basketball, he joined the staff of the Baltimore Sun in 1984. For the next 23 years he wrote columns in the Sun about the hometown Orioles, Ravens and Maryland Terrapins, and also covered major events such as the World Series, Super Bowl, and Olympics. His honors included several firsts in the prestigious Associated Press Sports Editors\u2019 contest. Since 2012 he has written columns on the Ravens\u2019 website.<\/p>\n<p>John has also authored 10 bestselling sports books, including <cite>The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken, Jr. and Baseball\u2019s Most Historic Record.<\/cite> Published in 2017, it was a finalist for the Casey Award, which honors the year\u2019s best baseball book, and was shortlisted for the PEN\/ESPN Literary Sportswriting Award, which honors the year\u2019s best sports book. John\u2019s most recent title is <cite>The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire.<\/cite> John has also written for Sports Illustrated and Smithsonian Magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"season":[591],"class_list":{"0":"post-60189","1":"lecture","2":"type-lecture","3":"status-publish","5":"season-591","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gehrig and Ripken - 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