75 years ago today on July 4, 1939, an emotional Lou Gehrig stood, - TopicsExpress



          

75 years ago today on July 4, 1939, an emotional Lou Gehrig stood, this time as a broken-down Iron Horse, ravaged by ALS, his Hall of Fame career over at 36, never to wear No. 4 in pinstripes again, never to hit his 494th home run, summoning every ounce of courage and class and, of course, Pride of the Yankees, as he said goodbye to beloved teammates surrounding him on the field and 41,808 spellbound Yankee Stadium fans who could only wish there were some way to Wally Pipp this terrible disease:
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 14:53:39 +0000

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