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July 4, 1939
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 7/4/2009
July 4, 1939
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"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. "Look at these grand ...
To Be the "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth"
pinstripealley.com - 7/4/2009
To Be the "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth"
— pinstripealley.com — From  Gehrig's  official website: Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad... break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and ... (more) To Be the "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth"

Comments vote down ETVal ETVal posted 7/4/2009posted this
The Luckiest
fackyouk.blogspot.com - 7/2/2009
The Luckiest
— fackyouk.blogspot.com — eventy Fourths of July ago, 61,808 fans packed Yankee Stadium. With an Herculean record of 52-17, the... Yankees were in first place in the AL by 11.5 games and well on the way to their fourth straight World Series victory, but fans didn't just come for the doubleheader against the Washington ... (more) The Luckiest

Comments vote down Fack Youk Fack Youk posted 7/2/2009posted this
nationalpost.com - 7/6/2009
Words to live by
— nationalpost.com — The Lou Gehrig we see in black and white at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939 is... movie-star handsome: tall, seemingly strong, a New York Yankee through and through. Joe McCarthy, the Yankees manager, takes Gehrig by the elbow and leads him to a bank of microphones behind home plate. (more) Words to live by

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