As we prepare to celebrate our country's 242nd birthday, we can take time to appreciate a couple of great times she celebrated with her national pastime.
The Fourth of July is significant in baseball, especially in the Yankees organization.
In 1925, Hall of Famers Herb Pennock and Lefty Grove each pitched 15 innings as the Yankees topped the Philadelphia Athletics 1-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. Late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was born on July 4, 1930.
Exactly nine years later, Henry Louis Gehrig deemed himself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth, even in the face of a life-ending illness, and said goodbye to the game.