In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse," played a quiet second fiddle to ... he believed DiMaggio would become one of baseball’s all-time greats. In his autobiography, DiMaggio ...
In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse," played a quiet second fiddle to ... he believed DiMaggio would become one of baseball’s all-time greats. In his autobiography, DiMaggio ...
The illness is now referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease. "Mr. Gehrig will be unable to continue his active participation as a baseball player," the report concluded. On Dec. 8, 1939, Gehrig ...
This Lou Gehrig card had a bounty on it for $100,000 ... First Bowman cards are considered the first "true" rookie cards for baseball players. While the Superfractor that was just pulled ...
Today, on the final day of 2024, we take a look back at just some of the baseball people -- players, managers and executives -- we lost this year. The deceased are listed in alphabetical order by last ...
Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year ...
Dan has written 41 books and more than 25,000 articles about baseball. Even though he left ... The auction, which also includes items signed by Lou Gehrig, Ruth’s teammate with the powerful ...
As she says near the end, “The difference between myself and people who are eager to retire because of a terminal diagnosis is that my work is my passion, baseball is my passion, and getting to ...