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Dedicated Date on the Championship Season Calendar Will Forever Commemorate Legacy of the Hall of Famer Who Has Inspired the Ongoing Movement to End ALS
Lou Gehrig Day Will Serve As Cause for Remembrance, Awareness and Celebration
Major League Baseball today announced the inaugural “Lou Gehrig Day,” which will be celebrated throughout the League during the 2021 Championship Season on Wednesday, June 2nd. Henceforth on this date, Gehrig will join fellow Baseball Legends Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente as the only players whose legacies are celebrated annually with dedicated, league-wide days.
June 2nd was specifically chosen as the date for Lou Gehrig Day as it marks when Gehrig became the Yankees starting first baseman, thus cementing the start of his incredible streak of consecutive games played, as well as the day he passed from complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The focu
Jose Abreu takes part in drills at White Sox spring training Saturday in Glendale, Ariz. (Daryl Van Schouwen) GLENDALE, Ariz. Jose Abreu walked from the clubhouse at Camelback Ranch on Saturday with a bunch of balloons attached to his gear. When he got there, he released them into the sunny, blue Arizona sky. “There goes the rest of Pito’s -COVID!” a teammate yelled. There are no seashells in the desert, but there were balloons and love for a team leader, and everything was beautiful again at White Sox camp, thanks to the arrival of the reigning American League Most Valuable Player, whose late start (by five days) was due to a positive coronavirus test taken during MLB’s intake protocols.
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