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Post by FWS on Jul 3, 2014 10:20:23 GMT -6
MLB to honor Lou Gehrig speechAssociated Press June 20, 2014 NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball is preparing to honor Lou Gehrig on the 75th anniversary of his famed "luckiest man" speech. MLB will donate $300,000 to organizations that fight against Lou Gehrig's disease. The Hall of Famer was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis when he spoke at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939. The first baseman died two years later from ALS at age 37. MLB players, managers, coaches and umpires will wear a commemorative patch on July Fourth. The tribute will include a video shown at all ballparks featuring a first baseman from each team reciting a line from Gehrig's speech. MLB made the announcement on Thursday, the 111th anniversary of Gehrig's birth. "When Lou Gehrig delivered his historic farewell speech at Yankee Stadium 75 years ago, he indelibly linked our national pastime to the fight against the disease that would bear his name," commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Cooper in "Pride of the Yankees",
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Jul 5, 2014 7:01:22 GMT -6
My dad has always been a big Yankees fan he has good memories of the old Yankees through the years.
The disease is not a good one, A rancher I knew in SD died of this 2 years ago at the age of 47. It took a lot away from him in a hurry, started off tripping over his own feet and then 9 months later he was in a wheel chair. Horrible diseases to get for sure.
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