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A look at the career of the legendary baseball superstar describes Gherig's major league record for most consecutive games played (2,130), his winning of the American League triple crown in 1934, and his famous retirement speech. ... Read more

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In recognition of Lou Gehrig's 100th birthday celebration, a portionof each sale will be donated to the ALS Association.

2003 marks the 100th anniversary of Lou Gehrig's birth. Gehrig'scareer is bigger than his stats. His spirit is more significant thanthe disease which destroyed him. His story is more than a baseballstory, yet it brings to life an extraordinary time in baseballhistory.

The nearly hour long CD tells of Gehrig's personal life, hisbaseball career, and his battle with ALS. The story was written and istold by one of America's greatest storytellers, Carol Birch. The storyof this man's life is its own home run. ... Read more

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A well-told tale
Having grown up in the New York metropolitan area as a baseball fan, I was well acquainted with the story of Lou Gehrig. At least I thought I was until I listened to Carol Birch's spirited retelling of his life. I knew of his statistics and his tragic demise, but Carol brought this American hero to life. Too many baseball fans are unaware of those who so gracefully pioneered the game. However, Carol's story will be enjoyed not only by baseball aficionados but also by anyone who enjoys a good story - which covers everyone.

Lou Gehrig: The Story of a Great Man
This is an excellent CD.It highlights the life of a man who started with humble beginnings and rose to true greatness.Carol Birch reveals not only the highlights that made Lou Gehrig a superb ball player, but she also paints a portrait of a man who understood humility and viewed his achievements as a gift he received.

It is a fascinating dialog that reminds us that a true hero is one who gives of himself asking nothing in return and faces difficulty with courage.Quite a contrast to the shooting stars of today that receive so much undeserving praise.This CD was enjoyed by everyone in my family. ... Read more

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Joe Matson, or "Baseball Joe," as he was better known throughout the country, sprang to his feet and held out a New York paper with headlines which took up a third of the page. ... Read more

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A kinder and gentler time
If you get tired of being assaulted by pr0fanity on the streets, on the TV, in movies and in literature, you might just enjoy this series.Yes it was originally written for younger readers, but it takes us back to a time in history when men were manly and women ladylike.It was anything but a perfect time from our perspective, there is comman acceptance of racial stereotypes, but that was the way it was.The language, the story, the hero is all good clean fun.I wish I could find more in this series.The author, Lester CHadwick, is a pen name for Howard Roger Garis who wrote the Tom Swift series, the Bobbisie Twins series and others.It's good stuff that won't keep you up at night.Enjoy. ... Read more

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A biography of the Yankee player voted "the greatest first baseman of all time" by the Baseball Writer's Association. ... Read more

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Magazine published monthly ... Read more

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"Joe Matson, or Baseball Joe, as he was better known throughout the country, sprang to his feet and held out a New York paper with headlines which took up a third of the page." ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from American Decades: Primary Sources, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1185 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.American Decades Primary Sources provides fresh insight into the decade's most important events, people, and issues. Entries representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from the decade. Also included are concise contextual information, notes about the author and further resources. American Decades Primary Sources includes chapters on the arts, medicine and health, media, education, world events, religion, government and politics, lifestyles and social trends, law and justice, religion, business and the economy, and sports. Included to provide unique perspectives and a wealth of understanding are first hand accounts that include oral histories, songs, speeches, advertisements, TV, play and movie scripts, letters, laws, legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoonsand recipes. ... Read more

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My Luke and I
A non-traditional view of baseball's Lou Gehrig.Full of background information especially Eleanor's that has not been seen elsewhere.

Enjoyable reading !!
I enjoyed this book, not only for some background on the real Lou Gehrig, but also for an honest viewpoint about the early 1900s in this country. The story Mrs. Gehrig tell about them growing up in the changing times of the new century was really interesting !!

A love story where baseball is a necessary incidental
Although it never affected their play on the field, Yankee teammates Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth had a very cool relationship. While both respected each other for their outstanding baseball ability, Gehrig was shy, a family man and lived life small. On the other hand, Ruth lived life large, eating, drinking and sexing to the utmost. This major difference in their off the field personalities was a natural source of tension between them.
While the title indicates that the book is primarily about the relationship between Lou Gehrig and his wife, it can best be considered as composed of three parts. A biography of Lou Gehrig before he married followed by a biography of Eleanor Gehrig (Twitchell) before she married and then the story of their life together. Since it deals almost solely with the personal details, this is only incidentally a baseball book. Eleanor Twitchell grew up in Chicago in the years when the crime gangs were active; there were regular killings although the mobsters had the decency to only kill other mobsters. Twitchell is very matter-of-fact in her descriptions of these events, which are more of historical interest than anything else.
From her perspective, this is a love story, one of great joy followed by great sorrow. Lou Gehrig was a beloved man, both by his wife and by the public. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is still known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a tribute to how well liked Gehrig was.If your interest is in baseball, then there is very little here that will interest you. The small amount about baseball and the even smaller amount about Gehrig's relationship with his teammates is not enough to trigger even a passing fancy. However, if you are interested in a true love story set in baseball in the early half of the twentieth century, then this is a book that will excite you.

My favorite book about Lou Gehrig!
I first read The Luckiest Man, a new book out about Lou Gehrig which heavily quotes from this book written by Lou Gehrig's wife before her death. It is such a fun book! I LOVED all the info about Chicago in the Roaring Twenties (Mrs. Gehrig was a party-girl flapper) and also in the Depression of the 1930s, when she marries baseball great Lou Gehrig. It is a very honest book. Mrs. Gehrig writes extensively about her sour relationship with Lou's mom, who was very controlling. They got married on the spur of the moment so she couldn't step in and ruin the wedding! His illness and quick death from ALS is covered in the last chapters. It's obvious she loved him very much. Babe Ruth gets quite a lot of mention, as well as what being a baseball player back then was like. Before all the huge money that baseball players make nowadays, players would play all of over the country against non-professional teams in order to make more money. Lou was so grateful to be making any money after a poor immigrant childhood, that he almost never tried to negotiate his contracts. He just signed for whatever the team offered him. Consequently, Babe Ruth made twice as much as he did! Lou never stayed out past the team's curfew, while Babe Ruth partied all night with girls. Lou Gehrig comes across as a standup guy, worthy of honor. Not too many athletes these days are. He is humble, quiet and gracious in the face of adversity (his paralyzing and fatal illness).

Eleanor Gehrig writes of her love affair with Lou Gehrig
Although the world thought it already knew about the love story between the baseball player Lou Gehrig and the Chicago socialite Eleanor Twitchell from the 1943 film "The Pride of the Yankees," made only two years after the Yankee great died of the disease that now bears his name, his widow decided to tell their story.As told to reporter Joe Durso, Eleanor Gehrig's "My Luke and I" provides more details on what is only touched upon in the classic sports biopic starring Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright.

In the film there was some tension between Gehrig's German immigrant mother and his new bride.In her book Eleanor Gehrig goes into depth on the strained relationship between the two women that put Lou Gehrig in the middle.Given the psychological dimensions of any women trying to take an obvious "mama's boy" away from his mother, the fact that Eleanor called her husband "Luke" is extremely interesting since it suggests the creation of a persona that was all her own.Gehrig's birth name was Heinrich Louis Gehrig, the first name being Americanized into Henry at some point.If he was "Lou" to his fans and teammates while "Louie" to his parents, then "Luke" was the husband that Eleanor had all to herself.Or at least as much as that was possible given the fierce competition for her husband's time given his fame and family.

Eleanor Gehrig also provides insights into what happened to the relationship between her husband and Babe Ruth, which deteriorated during a good will trip to Japan.I always thought it was ironic that although it was Gehrig who was in Ruth's overpowering shadow that it was the Bambino who ended up being upset by what was happening between them and their families.But ultimately it is not baseball but the relationship between Eleanor and her "Luke" that makes this walk down memory lane worth reading, which is why this book appeals as much to romantics as it does to baseball fans.Usually when you read a book about a baseball player you envision yourself doing what they did and hitting home runs to win World Series games.But when I read this book what I wanted to do was to find someone to live happily ever after with for the rest of my life, however long that might end up being.

"My Luke and I" was turned into the 1977 television movie "A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story" starring Blythe Danner and Edward Hermmann, just in case there was any doubt what this book was really about.The movie did not air until January of 1978 when it was shown opposite the Super Bowl, having been bumped from its original October air date by a the final game of the American League Championship series in which the New York Yankees score three runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Kansas City Royals, 5-3, and win their second consecutive American League pennant. ... Read more

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Great Players, from Babe Ruth to John Wetteland. Great Teams (Which team was the Big Red machine?). Great Moments (Who made the most famous catch in World Series history?) Jam-packed with terrific photos, awesome facts and cool statistics about athletes who made baseball's championship moments. ... Read more

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Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr., (born August 24, 1960), is a retired Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire career (1981-2001) for the Baltimore Orioles.During his baseball career, he earned the nickname The Iron Man for doggedly remaining in the lineup despite numerous minor injuries and for his reliability to "show up" to work every day. He is perhaps best known for breaking New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played, a record many deemed unbreakable. Ripken surpassed the 56-year-old record when he played in his 2,131st game on September 6, 1995 between the Orioles and California Angels in front of a sold-out crowd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. To make the feat even more memorable, Ripken hit a home run in the previous night's game that tied Gehrig's record and another home run in his 2,131st game ... Read more

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The Wonder Team describes in detail the chronology of the year 1927, when the great New York Yankees became theWonder Team--probably baseball's best team ever. That club included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Waite Hoyt, Tony Lazzeri,Earle Combs, Herb Pennock, Bob Meusel, and Wilcy Moore. Also part of the narrative are owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert,manager Miller Huggins, business manager Ed Barrow, and scout Paul Krichell. No participant of that great team isomitted. The author's chronicle is thoroughly buttressed by interviews, research, and records.

In detailing the events leading to the 1927 World Series, Trachtenberg weaves players' profiles and histories, along with those of the Yankee owner, management, coaches, scouts, trainer, and batboy/mascot. The reader becomes acquaintedwith players' personalities, baseball skills, records, and hijinks on and off the field. Players' backgrounds, how theybecame involved in the great ball club, how they were viewed by the press, how their careers flourished and waned--all ofthis is covered in The Wonder Team. Also included are 1927 stats and photos from Yankee archives. The Wonder Team is the culmination of a long-held ambition to chronicle the remarkable season and accomplishments of the great 1927 Yankees. In 1984, realizing that the reminiscences of old ballplayers were not only part of baseball history but also of their times, he beganinterviewing the surviving 1927 Yankees. Their recollections, and much intensive research, have resulted in this book. ... Read more

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Illustrated with full-page color photographs of: Charlie Manuel, Bobby Abreu, David Bell, Pat Burrell, Endy Chavez, Rheal Cormier, Aaron Fultz, Geoff Geary, Mike Lieberthal, Cory Lidle, Jon Lieber, Kenny Lofton, Ryan Madson, Ramon Martinez, Jason Michaels, Brett Myers, Vicente Padilla, Tomas Perez, Todd Pratt, Jimmy Rollins, Rob Tejeda, Jim Thome, Ugueth Urbina, Chase Utley, Billy Wagner, Randy Wolf, Amaury Telemaco, and Tim Worrell. ... Read more

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A retelling of the day Jackie Mitchell, a seventeen-year-old female professional baseball player, struck out the New York Yankees best hitters, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, in an exhibition game in 1931. ... Read more

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Terrific book!
What a wonderful book to inspire young girls to do and be anything they want!This book is a great launching pad for a discussion about girls and sports and what they have not been allowed to do because of prejudices.Wonderful pictures, too!

Baseball fans HERE is YOURBOOK.
Title: The Girl who struck out Babe Ruth
Author: Jean L.S. Patrick
Reading Level:2nd to 5th

I loved the book It was great.
I liked the book because it was different that a Girl struck out famous baseball players!
Baseball fans would like it !

Baseball fans HERE is YOURBOOK.
Title: The Girl who struck out Babe Ruth
Author: Jean L.S. Patrick
Reading Level:2nd to 5th

I loved the book It was great.
I liked the book because it was different that a Girl struck out famous baseball players!
Baseball fans would like it !

Outstanding role model for young girls
Excellent description of the life of a 17 year old girl whowasan amazing sportswoman.She actually did strike out Babe Ruth andLou Gehrig in succession.The author portrays this young baseball player in an excellent fashion, giving girls a vision of their unlimited potential.

An inspiring message for girls of all ages!

Author Patrick also offers workshops that give further detail about this amazing young woman, including actual film footage of the event. ... Read more