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var MenuLinkedBy='AllWebMenus [2]', awmBN='528'; awmAltUrl=''; Current Archive 'Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth' #1 Classic Moment: July 4, 1939 By T.J. QUINN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER When the Daily News asked its distinguished panel to pick the defining moment of the Yankees' first 100 years, the runaway winner was one that transcended baseball. Any Yankee fan can recreate the scene, can intone the same New York accent and the echo in the stadium - "Yet today (today), I consider myself (myself)..." It is the heartbreaking moment that made the Yankees grander than Ruth's bat, larger than the largest stadium in the game, classier than pinstripes. Lou Gehrig's farewell speech on July 4, 1939, is still, 64 years later, the high mark of grace under pressure for all of sport. But at the time, almost no one knew what the moment meant. The day was emotional and draining, but a key element that retroactively gilded the day was missing: Few knew that Gehrig was dying. "I don't think the people knew how badly he was afflicted," remembered former Yankee great Tommy Henrich, one of the few players still living who were at the Stadium that day. "They didn't know he was going to die from it." Gehrig's speech was a snapshot that would not take focus for two years, after he died from the disease that took his name.

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86. CBS News | Lou Gehrig's Disease Hits Vets | April 29, 2004 14:13:30 30000 people in the United States, and about 5000 new cases are diagnosed annually. One of its most famous victims was baseball great lou gehrig. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/29/health/main614754.shtml

SEARCH: CBSNews.com The Web document.write('') Home U.S. World Politics ... CBS News Video ET The Early Show CBS Evening News 48 Hours 60 Minutes ... Section Front E-mail This Story Printable Version Lou Gehrig's Disease Hits Vets April 29, 2004 (CBS/AP) ALS, which attacks nerves that control muscles, affects an estimated 30,000 people in the United States, and about 5,000 new cases are diagnosed annually. One of its most famous victims was baseball great Lou Gehrig. (AP) Men who served in the U.S. military during the last century appear to have an unusually high risk of dying from Lou Gehrig's disease, but experts are puzzled over why, and are uncertain whether the apparent hazard is real. The surprising finding comes from a study of men veterans from World War I through Vietnam. It concludes they are about 60 percent more likely than non-veterans to get the often fatal illness, known formally as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Even with the increased risk, however, the disease is still rare for veterans and non-veterans alike. Dr. Susan Mather, environmental hazards chief at the Department of Veterans Affairs, called the discovery intriguing but added, “This study to me only raises more questions than it answers.”

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Carol Birch, Lou Gehrig: The Story of a Great Man (Silver Birch, 2004) The audiobook of Lou Gehrig: The Story of a Great Man by Carol Birch will appeal to many types of people. The first, most obvious, group would be those fans of all things baseball who celebrate baseball heroes from the past and would enjoy listening to this CD about Gehrig even though there is nothing new they would learn. A second group of folks would be fans of Birch. According to the promotional material, Birch is "Connecticut's premier storyteller." She has received numerous awards and appeared on both television and radio. She has released several books and audiobooks. Her fans know that she is very articulate and has an effective method of projecting emotional highs and lows to her listening audience. Even if you are not a fan of baseball, you will more than likely feel joy and pain as you follow Carol's recounting of Lou's rise as an athlete and eventual death at an early age due to a disease that now bears his namesake. Folks who suffer from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Lou Gehrig's Disease or know someone who does might think that this hour-long audiobook might give them more insight in to the disease that slowly robs a victim of his muscle control. Unfortunately, that won't be the case. This story brings up the disease in the last minutes of the tale. Instead of providing information on the disease, Carol tells her listeners how Lou approached this hardship from a positive perspective. He counted himself very lucky for the blessings in his life. Some might find this inspirational and it might help them find peace with their lot in life.

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99. SI.com - Major League Baseball - Lou Gehrig Player Page lou gehrig, Batting Fielding. Bats L Throws L Ht., Wt. 6 0 , 200 MLB Exp. 17 Born Jun 19, 1903 in New York, New York. CAREER BATTING STATS. BATTING http://www.cnnsi.com/baseball/mlb/players/45774/

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100. Lou Gehrig - Farewell To Yankee Fans As a first baseman for the New York Yankees baseball team, lou gehrig played in 2130 consecutive games from 1925 to 1939, setting a major league record and http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/gehrig.htm

As a first baseman for the New York Yankees baseball team, Lou Gehrig played in 2,130 consecutive games from 1925 to 1939, setting a major league record and had a career batting average of .340. He once hit four home runs in a game. On July 4, 1939, he stood before 60,000 fans at Yankee Stadium and confirmed what everyone seemed to know, that the "Pride of the Yankees" had been dealt a terrible blow, diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (now often called Lou Gehrig's disease), a rare disease that causes spinal paralysis. Less than two years later, on June 2, 1941, he died in Riverdale, N.Y. Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert - also the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow - to have spent the next nine years with that wonderful little fellow Miller Huggins - then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology - the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy!

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