The Yankee slugger said goodbye to baseball 75 years ago. Lou Gehrig, first baseman for the New York Yankees, is shown at the microphone during Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, a farewell to the slugger, ...
A new study casts doubt on baseball great's diagnosis. Aug. 17, 2010— -- A study released today raises questions about whether baseball great Lou Gehrig actually died of the disease that has come ...
As baseball is to America, Lou Gehrig is to baseball. The man didn’t just play the game; he carved his name into its soul.
Lou Gehrig famously said upon his retirement that he considered himself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. This was despite the fact that he had been diagnosed with ALS, a disease that ended ...
On May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig's famous streak ended after 2,130 games when he took himself out of the Yankees’ lineup. Exactly ...