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Lou Gehrig played his last baseball game 78 years ago today

June 13, 2017 Peter Elliott

Lou Gehrig played his last baseball game on June 12, 1939. Paul and I discussed his great career on Episode 97 of the podcast. I hope to write a few posts on Gehrig over the next few weeks because he lived a fascinating life.

For today, I'll link to an interview that we played on the podcast. It was recorded two months after he announced his retirement and ALS diagnosis. Included within are Gehrig's thoughts on night baseball, a players' union, the All-Star game, and the three best players in baseball history. As promised before the interview, Gehrig was not asked about his health.

In 1939, baseball legend Lou Gehrig came to the KROC-AM studio for an interview while he was in Rochester undergoing tests at the Mayo Clinic that soon led to his diagnosis of having ALS. The interview is all about baseball. If you're new, Subscribe!

 

 

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