It's not unprecedented for a single speech by a president or world leader to stand the test of time. For a baseball player to have that kind of lasting impact, however, it takes something truly ...

Lou Gehrig will forever be one of the greatest players in the history of baseball. But the legacy of the New York Yankees legend is so much greater than that. Gehrig's famous consecutive games streak, ...

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 20:44:57 GMT — On this day, July 4th, in 1939, New York Yankee Lou Gehrig delivered his famous farwell speech at Yankee Stadium. Other than his speech, Gehrig is best known for his ...

The Yankee slugger said goodbye to baseball 75 years ago. Lou Gehrig, first baseman for the New York Yankees, is shown at the microphone during Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, a farewell to the slugger, ...

SEATTLE — Major League Baseball marked its fifth annual Lou Gehrig Day on June 2, with all 30 clubs participating in a league-wide tribute to the legendary Yankees first baseman and raising awareness ...