The Iron Horse, Lou Gehrig, walked out the line up card to the umpire, his name wasn't on it. I love baseball but, as with many other sports, the term 'legend' is bandied about far too frequently but if anyone in the game is deserving of the epithet then it is surely Gehrig.

http://www.mlbhomerun.com/2009/05/remembering-lou-gehrig.html