This story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2020. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Women's History Month.

1938: Lou Gehrig rejects a one-year, $39,000 offer from the Yankees, but will give in four days later and sign the deal and ...

Is there a better word to use regarding Lou Gehrig? Think of his nickname ... special "national championship" game in Chicago. In the spring of 1923, he played for Columbia University.

In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse," played a quiet second fiddle to Babe Ruth. Gehrig took center stage after Ruth’s retirement, but then Joe DiMaggio arrived. While someone ...