Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig’s Disease “For, the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth…” This is what Lou Gehrig said in his final speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1938. “When Lou gave that speech tears rolled down his cheek as he gave one of the most memorable speeches in baseball history” said Babe Ruth (Greenberger 82). After that day, Lou knew he would not live to see his fortieth birthday (82). Lou Gehrig's disease

Lou Gehrig’s Disease Thesis: Weakness in the hands, arms, legs or slurred speech. Imagine having these symptoms and not knowing what is wrong. Then the most dreaded words are uttered, “You have Lou Gehrig’s Disease”. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or other wise known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a disease that attacks muscles and brain cells. “ALS was first found in 1869 by French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot,but it wasn’t until 1939 that Lou Gehrig brought national and international attention

Lou Gehrig The “Roaring Twenties” was a decade of American economy growth and consumerism following World War I. During this time period, Americans turned to sports as a form of entertainment and started to view athletes as stars. Among these athletes was a man named Lou Gehrig who played for the New York Yankees. Babe Ruth, a New York Yankee slugger, overshadowed Lou Gehrig for much of the twenties as he had a well known gift for hitting home runs. In addition, he best represented the ideology

English Composition 1301 26 May 2012 Lou Gehrig’s Farewell Speech Analysis Imagine a young boy and his father going to the New York Yankees ballpark on a warm sunny day. The date is July 4, 1939 and it is Lou Gehrig appreciation day at the ballpark. Lou Gehrig had been playing major league baseball for seventeen years and is one of the most well thought of players in the game. When the boy and his father arrive at the ballpark, Lou walks to a podium and begins to talk. Without any prior warning

A Biography on Lou Gehrig Have you ever been sick on a work or school day? It’s hard to pull off a stint of going to school or work for many consecutive days. Imagine going for 2,130 days straight at work, well Lou Gehrig played in 2,130 consecutive baseball games with the Yankees. Out of two children, Lou was the only one to survive. On June 19, 1903 the Hall of Famer Lou Ludwig Gehrig was born in Yorkville, New York, NY. At an early age his parents Heinrich Gehrig and Christina Fack noticed

Lou Gehrig uses several rhetorical devices in his speech. These rhetorical devices include understatement, anaphora, epistrophe, book-ending, but he also uses rhetorical questions and appeals to pathos. On July 4th, 1939 at Yankee Stadium an audience of 60,000 people gathered to honor Lou Gehrig with a farewell ceremony. Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with ALS which forced him to retire so the players of the 1927 New York Yankees as well as the current team of 1939 showered Gehrig with gifts, though he

Have you ever wondered if there was a legend or two in each baseball team. Lou Gehrig is undeniably courageous because He was an excellent ballplayer, Also he was a respectful person, and He would always Persevere. My first example showed how Lou Gehrig was an excellent person."On August 17, 1933, New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,308th consecutive game, breaking former Yankee Everett Scott’s record for consecutive games played, This would be excellence because he had broken

The Life of Lou Gehrig: Henry Louis Gehrig mainly known as Lou Gehrig is one of the best baseball players to ever step on the diamond. He played all 17 of his seasons for the New York Yankees, and wore the number 4. As a child Gehrig suffered very repeating occurrences of epileptic seizures. His childhood illness would eventually come back later in his life to play a huge factor of his early retirement. Born in Manhattan on June 19 1903, Lou Gehrig had a very difficult childhood. His father

of Lou Gehrig Baseball is a poor man’s sport, easy to play and addicting to watch. During the days of Lou Gehrig, whenever there was a baseball game, people usually forgot their worries that day and went to watch their heroes play. 1n 1917, the Americans declared war on Germany. “Even in America’s ballparks, German immigrants sought to distance themselves from their native land” (Eig, 19). In a world of insecurity caused by the jeopardy of war and an ongoing economic depression, Lou Gehrig signified

Chronological/Timeline: Lou Gehrig (Haley) You know that disease Lou Gehrig's disease, yeah well that Lou, is me. I was born on June 19, 1903 in Yorkville, Manhattan in New York City. My parents, Heinrich and Christina Gehrig were German immigrants who moved to a new country a few years before I was born. My childhood was based around poverty. I was gifted when I was young, excelling in both football and baseball. After high school, I studied engineering and played fullback for the football team