In 1930 the Great Depression threatened the game baseball as a moneymaking business. After the great stock market crash thousands of Americans found themselves unemployed. At this time 1 out of every 4 were unemployed wandering from town to town setting up shantytowns by railroads and even in central park. Baseball suffered, as many could ...
ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative neurological disease of the parts of the nervous system that control voluntary muscle movement. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, named for the Yankees baseball player who died of it in 1941. Those with ALS experience the loss of nerve cells that control ...
“I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.” – Cleveland great Bob Feller. The New York Yankees have defined greatness 27 times in franchise history, so choosing 5 that stand out above the rest proved no simple feat. While part of me feels I have done an injustice to some ...
Iron Lou Gehrig The luckiest man on earth Heroes of baseball Lou Gehrig was the first of the iron men of baseball. From 1925 to 1939, Lou Gehrig played 2130 consecutive baseball games for the New York Yankees. Incredibly, Lou Gehrig hit 493 homeruns and had a career batting average of .340. This is an ...
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