Lou gehrig childrens biography on walter
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| One of the great moments at Yankee Stadium on July 4, -- Lou Gehrig hugged by Babe Ruth. () |
This is, as you might have heard or read the past couple of days, the 75th anniversary of the tribute to Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium and the immortal speech he gave that day -- one of baseball's most famous events.
Almost at the start, he said the words the baseball world remembers: " today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth."
This week, a couple of friends have sent me either the entirety of the speech (which I will add below) or links to it, and I have seen a half-dozen Facebook posts about it, too.
It was a very short speech, but a poignant and powerful one -- and one from a man who, by accounts I've read, was a vanilla, s
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Lou Gehrig
On July 4, , between games of a doubleheader at Yankee etapp, nearly 42, baseball fans sat tyst in the stands waiting for their team’s first baseman to address the crowd. It was Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, something that sounds like, and perhaps should have been, a happy occasion. But it wasn’t. A few weeks earlier, Gehrig and the world learned that he was suffering from an incurable illness that would almost certainly prevent him from playing baseball for the rather brief amount of time that he had left.
Gehrig was a shadow of his former self. The pinstriped uniform hung loosely from his weakening body. His handsome face was gaunt and tired. He walked slowly across the infield. He was obviously exhausted. Yet he stood before the folkmassa in the muggy summer heat, forcing a smile as he greeted former teammates and accepted gifts from the Yankees, the opposing Washington Senators, etapp employees and the mayor of New York City. When it came time for him to speak,
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Wally Pipp
American baseball player (–)
Baseball player
| Wally Pipp | |
|---|---|
Pipp with the New York Yankees in | |
| First baseman | |
| Born:()February 17, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |
| Died: January 11, () (aged&#;71) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. | |
| June 29,&#;,&#;for the&#;Detroit Tigers | |
| September 30,&#;,&#;for the&#;Cincinnati Reds | |
| Batting average | |
| Home runs | 90 |
| Runs batted in | 1, |
| Stats at Baseball Reference&#; | |
Walter Clement Pipp Sr. (February 17, – January 11, ) was an American professional baseball player. A first baseman, Pipp played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, and Cincinnati Reds between and
After appearing in 12 games for the Tigers in and playing in the minor leagues in , he was purchased by the Yankees before the season. They made him their starting first baseman. He and Home Run Baker led an improved Yankee lineup that led the league in home runs. He led the American League in home runs in