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This Date in Baseball – Mark McGwire gives baseball a new magic number, hitting 70 HRs in a season https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/814809/ #BarryBonds #Baseball #BillPiercy #BobGibson #CarlPavano #DarinErstad #FloydGiebell #JDMartinez #JimBunning #JohnnyMize #JoseCanseco #LouGehrig #MarkMcGwire #MartyMcHale #NomarGarciaparra #Package100502MemberChoiceSportsOption #Product30599APSportsNews(SWireOnly) #RalphKiner #RandyMyers #ThisDateInBaseballSeptember27 #WalterAlston

This Date in Baseball – Mark McGwire gives baseball a new magic number, hitting 70 HRs in a season https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/814809/ #BarryBonds #Baseball #BillPiercy #BobGibson #CarlPavano #DarinErstad #FloydGiebell #JDMartinez #JimBunning #JohnnyMize #JoseCanseco #LouGehrig #MarkMcGwire #MartyMcHale #NomarGarciaparra #Package100502MemberChoiceSportsOption #Product30599APSportsNews(SWireOnly) #RalphKiner #RandyMyers #ThisDateInBaseballSeptember27 #WalterAlston

Baseball’s Best: ‘Pee Wee’ and ‘The Iron Horse’ | Sports https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/798037/ #Baseball #BaseballEvents #BaseballFinals #BaseballGames #BaseballPlayoffsAndChampions #CalRipkenJr #LouGehrig #MajorLeagueBaseball #MajorLeagueBaseballCompetitions #MajorLeagueBaseballPlayoffs #MajorLeagueBaseballPostseason #MajorLeagueBaseballSeasons #MajorLeagueBaseballTeams #MajorLeagueBaseballTeamsSeasons #MLB #MLBPlayoffs #MLBPostseason #NewYorkYankees #WorldSeries

Baseball’s Best: ‘Pee Wee’ and ‘The Iron Horse’ | Sports https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/798037/ #Baseball #BaseballEvents #BaseballFinals #BaseballGames #BaseballPlayoffsAndChampions #CalRipkenJr #LouGehrig #MajorLeagueBaseball #MajorLeagueBaseballCompetitions #MajorLeagueBaseballPlayoffs #MajorLeagueBaseballPostseason #MajorLeagueBaseballSeasons #MajorLeagueBaseballTeams #MajorLeagueBaseballTeamsSeasons #MLB #MLBPlayoffs #MLBPostseason #NewYorkYankees #WorldSeries

95 years ago today, Future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman #LouGehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days & 6th homer in consecutive games in NY Yankees' 5-1 win v Boston Red Sox.

It was April 2, 1931,
and Jackie Mitchell,
all of 17, was on the roster of the otherwise all-male Tennessee minor league team
the Chattanooga Lookouts,
which had signed her to a contract just a week before.

The Yankees were in town for an exhibition game as they made their way from spring training in Florida back to New York,
and 4,000 people had filled the Lookouts’ stands.

Mitchell took the mound in the first inning, in relief.

“The Babe performed his role very ably,” William E. Brandt, a reporter for The New York Times, wrote.

“He swung hard at two pitches then demanded that Umpire Owens inspect the ball,
just as batters do when utterly baffled by a pitcher’s delivery.”

The third pitch was a strike that left Ruth looking.
When the umpire called him out, the Bambino flung his bat away,
“registering disgust with his shoulder and chin,” The Times reported.

Gehrig took “three hefty swings” and struck out, too.

Mitchell received a standing ovation.

“That completed the day’s work for Pitcher Mitchell,” Brandt wrote.

The rest of the game was of little note.
Another pitcher replaced Mitchell,
and her team lost 14-4.

The next day, The Times article was headlined,

“Girl Pitcher Fans Ruth and Gehrig.”

Mitchell was pictured standing on the mound, baseball glove in hand, smiling slightly.

But what actually happened that day remains in question.

Was the strikeout real,
or was it orchestrated by Joe Engel, the Lookouts’ owner, as a publicity stunt?

“There’s a huge divide in beliefs,” said Leslie Heaphy,
an associate professor of sports history at Kent State University
and the author of “Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball” (2016).

Engel, an inveterate publicity seeker, first noticed Mitchell at an Atlanta baseball training camp in 1931.

With Mitchell, the Lookouts would become the only professional baseball team to have a female pitcher at the time.

Engel was trying to fill his ballpark during the depths of the Depression,
and surely, he may have thought,
the novelty of a female pitcher would draw fans as well as some major-league press coverage.

Many contended that Engel had orchestrated the strikeouts of the Yankee greats.

Strengthening their case was the very presence of Ruth himself,
“another man who was known for doing things to elicit a reaction,” Heaphy said.

And it just seemed implausible to many that a 17-year-old girl could strike out two of the best hitters in the game.

But Mitchell’s defenders argue otherwise.

Virne Beatrice Mitchell was born in Chattanooga on Aug. 29, 1913.

She learned to play baseball under the tutelage of her father,
Joe Mitchell,
in a park near their home.

The family lived near the future Hall of Famer Dazzy Vance,
who was considered the premier strikeout pitcher of the 1920s.

Mitchell credits Vance with teaching her how to pitch a “drop ball,” better known today as a sinker.

“Think about a pitcher coming in they’ve never seen before,” Heaphy said.

“She’s a lefty with a very deceptive pitch from all accounts.”

And being a lefty against the two left-handed sluggers gave her an advantage.

Another point for the defense:
Lou Gehrig was no Babe Ruth.

“He was a very serious player who did not take anything lightly,” Heaphy said.

Was he in on a hoax?

“I personally find that one hard to believe,” she said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#JackieMitchell #BabeRuth #LouGehrig

It was April 2, 1931,
and Jackie Mitchell,
all of 17, was on the roster of the otherwise all-male Tennessee minor league team
the Chattanooga Lookouts,
which had signed her to a contract just a week before.

The Yankees were in town for an exhibition game as they made their way from spring training in Florida back to New York,
and 4,000 people had filled the Lookouts’ stands.

Mitchell took the mound in the first inning, in relief.

“The Babe performed his role very ably,” William E. Brandt, a reporter for The New York Times, wrote.

“He swung hard at two pitches then demanded that Umpire Owens inspect the ball,
just as batters do when utterly baffled by a pitcher’s delivery.”

The third pitch was a strike that left Ruth looking.
When the umpire called him out, the Bambino flung his bat away,
“registering disgust with his shoulder and chin,” The Times reported.

Gehrig took “three hefty swings” and struck out, too.

Mitchell received a standing ovation.

“That completed the day’s work for Pitcher Mitchell,” Brandt wrote.

The rest of the game was of little note.
Another pitcher replaced Mitchell,
and her team lost 14-4.

The next day, The Times article was headlined,

“Girl Pitcher Fans Ruth and Gehrig.”

Mitchell was pictured standing on the mound, baseball glove in hand, smiling slightly.

But what actually happened that day remains in question.

Was the strikeout real,
or was it orchestrated by Joe Engel, the Lookouts’ owner, as a publicity stunt?

“There’s a huge divide in beliefs,” said Leslie Heaphy,
an associate professor of sports history at Kent State University
and the author of “Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball” (2016).

Engel, an inveterate publicity seeker, first noticed Mitchell at an Atlanta baseball training camp in 1931.

With Mitchell, the Lookouts would become the only professional baseball team to have a female pitcher at the time.

Engel was trying to fill his ballpark during the depths of the Depression,
and surely, he may have thought,
the novelty of a female pitcher would draw fans as well as some major-league press coverage.

Many contended that Engel had orchestrated the strikeouts of the Yankee greats.

Strengthening their case was the very presence of Ruth himself,
“another man who was known for doing things to elicit a reaction,” Heaphy said.

And it just seemed implausible to many that a 17-year-old girl could strike out two of the best hitters in the game.

But Mitchell’s defenders argue otherwise.

Virne Beatrice Mitchell was born in Chattanooga on Aug. 29, 1913.

She learned to play baseball under the tutelage of her father,
Joe Mitchell,
in a park near their home.

The family lived near the future Hall of Famer Dazzy Vance,
who was considered the premier strikeout pitcher of the 1920s.

Mitchell credits Vance with teaching her how to pitch a “drop ball,” better known today as a sinker.

“Think about a pitcher coming in they’ve never seen before,” Heaphy said.

“She’s a lefty with a very deceptive pitch from all accounts.”

And being a lefty against the two left-handed sluggers gave her an advantage.

Another point for the defense:
Lou Gehrig was no Babe Ruth.

“He was a very serious player who did not take anything lightly,” Heaphy said.

Was he in on a hoax?

“I personally find that one hard to believe,” she said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#JackieMitchell #BabeRuth #LouGehrig

It was April 2, 1931,
and Jackie Mitchell,
all of 17, was on the roster of the otherwise all-male Tennessee minor league team
the Chattanooga Lookouts,
which had signed her to a contract just a week before.

The Yankees were in town for an exhibition game as they made their way from spring training in Florida back to New York,
and 4,000 people had filled the Lookouts’ stands.

Mitchell took the mound in the first inning, in relief.

“The Babe performed his role very ably,” William E. Brandt, a reporter for The New York Times, wrote.

“He swung hard at two pitches then demanded that Umpire Owens inspect the ball,
just as batters do when utterly baffled by a pitcher’s delivery.”

The third pitch was a strike that left Ruth looking.
When the umpire called him out, the Bambino flung his bat away,
“registering disgust with his shoulder and chin,” The Times reported.

Gehrig took “three hefty swings” and struck out, too.

Mitchell received a standing ovation.

“That completed the day’s work for Pitcher Mitchell,” Brandt wrote.

The rest of the game was of little note.
Another pitcher replaced Mitchell,
and her team lost 14-4.

The next day, The Times article was headlined,

“Girl Pitcher Fans Ruth and Gehrig.”

Mitchell was pictured standing on the mound, baseball glove in hand, smiling slightly.

But what actually happened that day remains in question.

Was the strikeout real,
or was it orchestrated by Joe Engel, the Lookouts’ owner, as a publicity stunt?

“There’s a huge divide in beliefs,” said Leslie Heaphy,
an associate professor of sports history at Kent State University
and the author of “Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball” (2016).

Engel, an inveterate publicity seeker, first noticed Mitchell at an Atlanta baseball training camp in 1931.

With Mitchell, the Lookouts would become the only professional baseball team to have a female pitcher at the time.

Engel was trying to fill his ballpark during the depths of the Depression,
and surely, he may have thought,
the novelty of a female pitcher would draw fans as well as some major-league press coverage.

Many contended that Engel had orchestrated the strikeouts of the Yankee greats.

Strengthening their case was the very presence of Ruth himself,
“another man who was known for doing things to elicit a reaction,” Heaphy said.

And it just seemed implausible to many that a 17-year-old girl could strike out two of the best hitters in the game.

But Mitchell’s defenders argue otherwise.

Virne Beatrice Mitchell was born in Chattanooga on Aug. 29, 1913.

She learned to play baseball under the tutelage of her father,
Joe Mitchell,
in a park near their home.

The family lived near the future Hall of Famer Dazzy Vance,
who was considered the premier strikeout pitcher of the 1920s.

Mitchell credits Vance with teaching her how to pitch a “drop ball,” better known today as a sinker.

“Think about a pitcher coming in they’ve never seen before,” Heaphy said.

“She’s a lefty with a very deceptive pitch from all accounts.”

And being a lefty against the two left-handed sluggers gave her an advantage.

Another point for the defense:
Lou Gehrig was no Babe Ruth.

“He was a very serious player who did not take anything lightly,” Heaphy said.

Was he in on a hoax?

“I personally find that one hard to believe,” she said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#JackieMitchell #BabeRuth #LouGehrig

It was April 2, 1931,
and Jackie Mitchell,
all of 17, was on the roster of the otherwise all-male Tennessee minor league team
the Chattanooga Lookouts,
which had signed her to a contract just a week before.

The Yankees were in town for an exhibition game as they made their way from spring training in Florida back to New York,
and 4,000 people had filled the Lookouts’ stands.

Mitchell took the mound in the first inning, in relief.

“The Babe performed his role very ably,” William E. Brandt, a reporter for The New York Times, wrote.

“He swung hard at two pitches then demanded that Umpire Owens inspect the ball,
just as batters do when utterly baffled by a pitcher’s delivery.”

The third pitch was a strike that left Ruth looking.
When the umpire called him out, the Bambino flung his bat away,
“registering disgust with his shoulder and chin,” The Times reported.

Gehrig took “three hefty swings” and struck out, too.

Mitchell received a standing ovation.

“That completed the day’s work for Pitcher Mitchell,” Brandt wrote.

The rest of the game was of little note.
Another pitcher replaced Mitchell,
and her team lost 14-4.

The next day, The Times article was headlined,

“Girl Pitcher Fans Ruth and Gehrig.”

Mitchell was pictured standing on the mound, baseball glove in hand, smiling slightly.

But what actually happened that day remains in question.

Was the strikeout real,
or was it orchestrated by Joe Engel, the Lookouts’ owner, as a publicity stunt?

“There’s a huge divide in beliefs,” said Leslie Heaphy,
an associate professor of sports history at Kent State University
and the author of “Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball” (2016).

Engel, an inveterate publicity seeker, first noticed Mitchell at an Atlanta baseball training camp in 1931.

With Mitchell, the Lookouts would become the only professional baseball team to have a female pitcher at the time.

Engel was trying to fill his ballpark during the depths of the Depression,
and surely, he may have thought,
the novelty of a female pitcher would draw fans as well as some major-league press coverage.

Many contended that Engel had orchestrated the strikeouts of the Yankee greats.

Strengthening their case was the very presence of Ruth himself,
“another man who was known for doing things to elicit a reaction,” Heaphy said.

And it just seemed implausible to many that a 17-year-old girl could strike out two of the best hitters in the game.

But Mitchell’s defenders argue otherwise.

Virne Beatrice Mitchell was born in Chattanooga on Aug. 29, 1913.

She learned to play baseball under the tutelage of her father,
Joe Mitchell,
in a park near their home.

The family lived near the future Hall of Famer Dazzy Vance,
who was considered the premier strikeout pitcher of the 1920s.

Mitchell credits Vance with teaching her how to pitch a “drop ball,” better known today as a sinker.

“Think about a pitcher coming in they’ve never seen before,” Heaphy said.

“She’s a lefty with a very deceptive pitch from all accounts.”

And being a lefty against the two left-handed sluggers gave her an advantage.

Another point for the defense:
Lou Gehrig was no Babe Ruth.

“He was a very serious player who did not take anything lightly,” Heaphy said.

Was he in on a hoax?

“I personally find that one hard to believe,” she said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#JackieMitchell #BabeRuth #LouGehrig

“I don’t know what things are coming to,”
Babe Ruth sighed during spring training in 1931.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen if they begin to let women in baseball,”
he elaborated to reporters.
“Of course, they will never make good.
Why?
Because they are too delicate. It would kill them to play ball everyday.”

👉 The next day, Ruth and Lou Gehrig were struck out back-to-back by a 17-year-old girl.

Making their way home from preseason in Florida,
the New York Yankees had stopped off in Tennessee for an exhibition game against the minor-league Chattanooga Lookouts.
🔸The Lookouts handed a debut to a promising young pitcher
with precise control, a quirky side-arm delivery and a vicious sinker.
Her name was Jackie Mitchell.

Ruth struck out looking and was said to have hurled his bat
while somehow “registering disgust with his shoulder and chin”.

Gehrig then struck out after “three hefty swings”.

Mitchell came out of the game after walking the next batter, Tony Lazzeri, and the Yankees went on to win 14-4.

#JackieMitchell #BabeRuth #LouGehrig
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/29/babe-ruth-lou-gehrig-strikeouts-jackie-mitchell?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

“I don’t know what things are coming to,”
Babe Ruth sighed during spring training in 1931.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen if they begin to let women in baseball,”
he elaborated to reporters.
“Of course, they will never make good.
Why?
Because they are too delicate. It would kill them to play ball everyday.”

👉 The next day, Ruth and Lou Gehrig were struck out back-to-back by a 17-year-old girl.

Making their way home from preseason in Florida,
the New York Yankees had stopped off in Tennessee for an exhibition game against the minor-league Chattanooga Lookouts.
🔸The Lookouts handed a debut to a promising young pitcher
with precise control, a quirky side-arm delivery and a vicious sinker.
Her name was Jackie Mitchell.

Ruth struck out looking and was said to have hurled his bat
while somehow “registering disgust with his shoulder and chin”.

Gehrig then struck out after “three hefty swings”.

Mitchell came out of the game after walking the next batter, Tony Lazzeri, and the Yankees went on to win 14-4.

#JackieMitchell #BabeRuth #LouGehrig
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/29/babe-ruth-lou-gehrig-strikeouts-jackie-mitchell?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

“I don’t know what things are coming to,”
Babe Ruth sighed during spring training in 1931.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen if they begin to let women in baseball,”
he elaborated to reporters.
“Of course, they will never make good.
Why?
Because they are too delicate. It would kill them to play ball everyday.”

👉 The next day, Ruth and Lou Gehrig were struck out back-to-back by a 17-year-old girl.

Making their way home from preseason in Florida,
the New York Yankees had stopped off in Tennessee for an exhibition game against the minor-league Chattanooga Lookouts.
🔸The Lookouts handed a debut to a promising young pitcher
with precise control, a quirky side-arm delivery and a vicious sinker.
Her name was Jackie Mitchell.

Ruth struck out looking and was said to have hurled his bat
while somehow “registering disgust with his shoulder and chin”.

Gehrig then struck out after “three hefty swings”.

Mitchell came out of the game after walking the next batter, Tony Lazzeri, and the Yankees went on to win 14-4.

#JackieMitchell #BabeRuth #LouGehrig
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/29/babe-ruth-lou-gehrig-strikeouts-jackie-mitchell?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

“I don’t know what things are coming to,”
Babe Ruth sighed during spring training in 1931.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen if they begin to let women in baseball,”
he elaborated to reporters.
“Of course, they will never make good.
Why?
Because they are too delicate. It would kill them to play ball everyday.”

👉 The next day, Ruth and Lou Gehrig were struck out back-to-back by a 17-year-old girl.

Making their way home from preseason in Florida,
the New York Yankees had stopped off in Tennessee for an exhibition game against the minor-league Chattanooga Lookouts.
🔸The Lookouts handed a debut to a promising young pitcher
with precise control, a quirky side-arm delivery and a vicious sinker.
Her name was Jackie Mitchell.

Ruth struck out looking and was said to have hurled his bat
while somehow “registering disgust with his shoulder and chin”.

Gehrig then struck out after “three hefty swings”.

Mitchell came out of the game after walking the next batter, Tony Lazzeri, and the Yankees went on to win 14-4.

#JackieMitchell #BabeRuth #LouGehrig
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/29/babe-ruth-lou-gehrig-strikeouts-jackie-mitchell?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Titans join Ice Bucket Challenge after Chris Johnson ALS diagnosis

What This Story Is About Tennessee Titans take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge after Chris Johnson’s ALS…
#NFL #TennesseeTitans #Tennessee #Titans #ChrisJohnsonALS #Football #icebucketchallenge #LouGehrig'sdiseaseawareness #TennesseeTitansALS #TimShawALS
https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/977818/

Titans join Ice Bucket Challenge after Chris Johnson ALS diagnosis

What This Story Is About Tennessee Titans take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge after Chris Johnson’s ALS…
#NFL #TennesseeTitans #Tennessee #Titans #ChrisJohnsonALS #Football #icebucketchallenge #LouGehrig'sdiseaseawareness #TennesseeTitansALS #TimShawALS
https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/977818/

Titans join Ice Bucket Challenge after Chris Johnson ALS diagnosis https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/977818/ #ChrisJohnsonALS #Football #IceBucketChallenge #LouGehrig'sDiseaseAwareness #NFL #Tennessee #TennesseeTitans #TennesseeTitansALS #TennesseeTitans #TimShawALS #Titans

Titans join Ice Bucket Challenge after Chris Johnson ALS diagnosis https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/977818/ #ChrisJohnsonALS #Football #IceBucketChallenge #LouGehrig'sDiseaseAwareness #NFL #Tennessee #TennesseeTitans #TennesseeTitansALS #TennesseeTitans #TimShawALS #Titans

Glen Powell To Play Lou Gehrig In New Richard Linklater Movie https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/758641/ #Baseball #GlenPowell #LouGehrig #RichardLinklater #Universal

Glen Powell To Play Lou Gehrig In New Richard Linklater Movie https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/758641/ #Baseball #GlenPowell #LouGehrig #RichardLinklater #Universal

Glen Powell And Richard Linklater Reunite For Lou Gehrig Film At Universal; Lorne Michaels To Produce
#Casting #News #GlenPowell #LouGehrig #RichardLinklater #Universal

https://deadline.com/2026/07/glen-powell-lou-gehrig-movie-richard-linklater-1236999778/

Glen Powell And Richard Linklater Reunite For Lou Gehrig Film At Universal; Lorne Michaels To Produce
#Casting #News #GlenPowell #LouGehrig #RichardLinklater #Universal

https://deadline.com/2026/07/glen-powell-lou-gehrig-movie-richard-linklater-1236999778/

Glen Powell And Richard Linklater Reunite For Lou Gehrig Film At Universal; Lorne Michaels To Produce
#Casting #News #GlenPowell #LouGehrig #RichardLinklater #Universal

https://deadline.com/2026/07/glen-powell-lou-gehrig-movie-richard-linklater-1236999778/

Today is Lou Gehrig day, when Major League Baseball teams recognize the New York Yankees legend who died from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at age 37, 85 years ago today. Yahoo Sports' Jake Mintz talked to Sarah Langs, baseball's preeminent researcher (she is the research and content manager for MLB.com), who watches every game, providing a constant stream of insights and stats for writers and reporters, all while living with ALS herself. "The support I’ve received from across the sport is truly beyond words. I often say baseball is the best because its people are the best, and I’ve been overwhelmed by the support — in a good way.

“And that spirit of support predates ALS, for the record.”

https://flip.it/MWQ9T3

#Baseball #LouGehrig #ALS

Today is Lou Gehrig day, when Major League Baseball teams recognize the New York Yankees legend who died from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at age 37, 85 years ago today. Yahoo Sports' Jake Mintz talked to Sarah Langs, baseball's preeminent researcher (she is the research and content manager for MLB.com), who watches every game, providing a constant stream of insights and stats for writers and reporters, all while living with ALS herself. "The support I’ve received from across the sport is truly beyond words. I often say baseball is the best because its people are the best, and I’ve been overwhelmed by the support — in a good way.

“And that spirit of support predates ALS, for the record.”

https://flip.it/MWQ9T3

#Baseball #LouGehrig #ALS

Today is Lou Gehrig day, when Major League Baseball teams recognize the New York Yankees legend who died from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at age 37, 85 years ago today. Yahoo Sports' Jake Mintz talked to Sarah Langs, baseball's preeminent researcher (she is the research and content manager for MLB.com), who watches every game, providing a constant stream of insights and stats for writers and reporters, all while living with ALS herself. "The support I’ve received from across the sport is truly beyond words. I often say baseball is the best because its people are the best, and I’ve been overwhelmed by the support — in a good way.

“And that spirit of support predates ALS, for the record.”

https://flip.it/MWQ9T3

#Baseball #LouGehrig #ALS

Today is Lou Gehrig day, when Major League Baseball teams recognize the New York Yankees legend who died from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at age 37, 85 years ago today. Yahoo Sports' Jake Mintz talked to Sarah Langs, baseball's preeminent researcher (she is the research and content manager for MLB.com), who watches every game, providing a constant stream of insights and stats for writers and reporters, all while living with ALS herself. "The support I’ve received from across the sport is truly beyond words. I often say baseball is the best because its people are the best, and I’ve been overwhelmed by the support — in a good way.

“And that spirit of support predates ALS, for the record.”

https://flip.it/MWQ9T3

#Baseball #LouGehrig #ALS

Yankees Birthday of the Day: George McQuinn https://www.rawchili.com/5010645/ #1947WorldSeries #Cardinals #CincinnatiReds #GeorgeMcQuinn #GeorgeSisler #LouGehrig #MLB #NewYorkYankees #PeeWeeReese #StLouis #TorontoMapleLeafs #Virginia #Williamsburg #WorldSeries

Yankees Birthday of the Day: George McQuinn https://www.rawchili.com/5010645/ #1947WorldSeries #Cardinals #CincinnatiReds #GeorgeMcQuinn #GeorgeSisler #LouGehrig #MLB #NewYorkYankees #PeeWeeReese #StLouis #TorontoMapleLeafs #Virginia #Williamsburg #WorldSeries

Pierre Deny, ‘Emily In Paris’ Actor, Dies At 69

Pierre Deny in “Emily in Paris” Season 4. STEPHANIE BRANCHU/NETFLIX Pierre Deny, a longtime French actor who appeared…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Paris #ALS #EmilyinParis #LilyCollins #LouGehrig'sDisease #LouisdeLéon #PierreDeny
https://www.europesays.com/france/25640/

Yankees get 2 hits from every starter for the first time in franchise history in 15-1 rout of Royals https://www.rawchili.com/5008960/ #AaronBoone #AaronJudge #AmedRosario #AnthonyVolpe #AustinWells #BaileyFalter #BenRice #BobbyWittJr #CamSchlittler #CodyBellinger #JacCaglianone #JazzChisholm #JoeDimaggio #LouGehrig #MickeyMantle #MLB #PaulGoldschmidt #sports #TrentGrisham #TylerTolbert

Yankees get 2 hits from every starter for the first time in franchise history in 15-1 rout of Royals https://www.rawchili.com/5008960/ #AaronBoone #AaronJudge #AmedRosario #AnthonyVolpe #AustinWells #BaileyFalter #BenRice #BobbyWittJr #CamSchlittler #CodyBellinger #JacCaglianone #JazzChisholm #JoeDimaggio #LouGehrig #MickeyMantle #MLB #PaulGoldschmidt #sports #TrentGrisham #TylerTolbert

Yankees get 2 hits from every starter for the first time in franchise history in 15-1 rout of Royals https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/709801/ #AaronBoone #AaronJudge #AmedRosario #AnthonyVolpe #AustinWells #BaileyFalter #Baseball #BenRice #BobbyWittJr #CamSchlittler #CodyBellinger #JacCaglianone #JazzChisholm #JoeDiMaggio #LouGehrig #MickeyMantle #MLB #PaulGoldschmidt #Sports #TrentGrisham #TylerTolbert

Yankees get 2 hits from every starter for the first time in franchise history in 15-1 rout of Royals https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/709801/ #AaronBoone #AaronJudge #AmedRosario #AnthonyVolpe #AustinWells #BaileyFalter #Baseball #BenRice #BobbyWittJr #CamSchlittler #CodyBellinger #JacCaglianone #JazzChisholm #JoeDiMaggio #LouGehrig #MickeyMantle #MLB #PaulGoldschmidt #Sports #TrentGrisham #TylerTolbert

Chicago Cubs history unpacked — May 22 https://www.rawchili.com/5005587/ #BabeRuth #Baltimore #Boston #Cincinnati #Cleveland #Cubs #Dodgers #ExtraInnings #Houston #JacobTurner #JimmieFoxx #KansasCity #KennyWilliams #LouGehrig #Mets #MickeyMantle #MLB #phillies #PudGalvin #RedSox #Reds #SanDiego #SanDiegoPadres #TedWilliams #TodayInBaseballHistory #Toronto #WhiteSox #Yankees

Chicago Cubs history unpacked — May 22 https://www.rawchili.com/5005587/ #BabeRuth #Baltimore #Boston #Cincinnati #Cleveland #Cubs #Dodgers #ExtraInnings #Houston #JacobTurner #JimmieFoxx #KansasCity #KennyWilliams #LouGehrig #Mets #MickeyMantle #MLB #phillies #PudGalvin #RedSox #Reds #SanDiego #SanDiegoPadres #TedWilliams #TodayInBaseballHistory #Toronto #WhiteSox #Yankees

Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber joins Yankees HOF after 5-hit day vs. Giants https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/687528/ #AaronJudge #Baseball #BenJoyce #ChicagoWhiteSox #ColoradoRockies #doubleheader #HoustonAstros #KyleSchwarber #LouGehrig #MLB #MunetakaMurakami #NewYorkYankees #Philadelphia #PhiladelphiaPhillies #PhiladelphiaPhillies #Phillies #SanFrancisco #Schwarber #YordanAlvarez

Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber joins Yankees HOF after 5-hit day vs. Giants https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/687528/ #AaronJudge #Baseball #BenJoyce #ChicagoWhiteSox #ColoradoRockies #doubleheader #HoustonAstros #KyleSchwarber #LouGehrig #MLB #MunetakaMurakami #NewYorkYankees #Philadelphia #PhiladelphiaPhillies #PhiladelphiaPhillies #Phillies #SanFrancisco #Schwarber #YordanAlvarez

Chicago Cubs history unpacked, April 27 https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/684089/ #AndrewMcCutchen #Arizona #Baseball #BostonRedSox #Brewers #Chicago #ChicagoCubs #ChicagoWhiteSox #ChicagoCubs #Cubs #Detroit #GriffithStadium #LouGehrig #LynLary #MajorLeague #MichaelRucker #MLB #Orioles #PhiladelphiaPhillies #Pittsburgh #rockies #RyneSandberg #SanDiego #Sportsman’sPark #StLouis #StLouisBrowns #StLouisCardinals #TexasRangers #Yankees #YusmeiroPetit

Chicago Cubs history unpacked, April 27 https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/684089/ #AndrewMcCutchen #Arizona #Baseball #BostonRedSox #Brewers #Chicago #ChicagoCubs #ChicagoWhiteSox #ChicagoCubs #Cubs #Detroit #GriffithStadium #LouGehrig #LynLary #MajorLeague #MichaelRucker #MLB #Orioles #PhiladelphiaPhillies #Pittsburgh #rockies #RyneSandberg #SanDiego #Sportsman’sPark #StLouis #StLouisBrowns #StLouisCardinals #TexasRangers #Yankees #YusmeiroPetit

https://www.europesays.com/ie/358191/ Novel lipid bubble delivery shows promise for ALS treatment #AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis #blood #Brain #ClinicalTrial #Éire #Health #IE #Ireland #Laboratory #LouGehrig'sDisease #Molecule #Mutation #NeurodegenerativeDisorder #Neurons #Parkinson'sDisease #Pathology #Research #Sclerosis #therapy

New York Yankees to retire CC Sabathia’s No. 52 on Sept. 26 https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/593159/ #AndyPettitte #Baseball #BernieWilliams #BillDickey #BillyMartin #CCSabathia #CaseyStengel #DerekJeter #DonMattingly #JackieRobinson #JoeTorre #JoeTorreDiMaggio #JorgePosada #LouGehrig #MarianoRivera #MickeyMantle #MLB #NewYork #NewYorkYankees #NewYork #NewYorkYankees #PaulO’Neill #PhilRizzuto #RandyJohnson #ReggieJackson #RogerMaris #RonGuidry #Sports #SteveCarlton #Yankees

New York Yankees to retire CC Sabathia’s No. 52 on Sept. 26 https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/593159/ #AndyPettitte #Baseball #BernieWilliams #BillDickey #BillyMartin #CCSabathia #CaseyStengel #DerekJeter #DonMattingly #JackieRobinson #JoeTorre #JoeTorreDiMaggio #JorgePosada #LouGehrig #MarianoRivera #MickeyMantle #MLB #NewYork #NewYorkYankees #NewYork #NewYorkYankees #PaulO’Neill #PhilRizzuto #RandyJohnson #ReggieJackson #RogerMaris #RonGuidry #Sports #SteveCarlton #Yankees

Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. named 2025 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award winner https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/590728/ #Baseball #BobbyWittJr #Kansas #KansasCity #KansasCityRoyals #KansasCity #KansasCityRoyals #LouGehrig #MLB #royals #Sports

Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. named 2025 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award winner https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/590728/ #Baseball #BobbyWittJr #Kansas #KansasCity #KansasCityRoyals #KansasCity #KansasCityRoyals #LouGehrig #MLB #royals #Sports

#HardRock Whirled Reacts As Founding Guitarist of #Metal Act #ManOWar and Longtime Member of Long Island Rock Legends #TheDictators ROSS "THE BOSS" FRIEDMAN Is Diagnosed With ALS ( aka #LouGehrig 's Disease ).

https://metalinjection.net/news/manowar-share-statement-after-founding-guitarist-ross-the-boss-friedman-diagnosed-with-als

#HardRock Whirled Reacts As Founding Guitarist of #Metal Act #ManOWar and Longtime Member of Long Island Rock Legends #TheDictators ROSS "THE BOSS" FRIEDMAN Is Diagnosed With ALS ( aka #LouGehrig 's Disease ).

https://metalinjection.net/news/manowar-share-statement-after-founding-guitarist-ross-the-boss-friedman-diagnosed-with-als

The Most Notable Near-Miss Milestones in MLB History https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/500067/ #AlKaline #AlexRodriguez #AndresGalarraga #Baseball #BillyPierce #DaleMurphy #FredMcGriff #IanKinsler #JohanSantana #LouGehrig #TommyJohn

The Most Notable Near-Miss Milestones in MLB History https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/500067/ #AlKaline #AlexRodriguez #AndresGalarraga #Baseball #BillyPierce #DaleMurphy #FredMcGriff #IanKinsler #JohanSantana #LouGehrig #TommyJohn

Historic Lou Gehrig Yankees jersey expected to sell for up to $4 million at auction https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/443028/ #AuctionHouse #Baseball #ChicagoWhiteSox #LouGehrig #MLB #NewYorkGiants #Yankees

Historic Lou Gehrig Yankees jersey expected to sell for up to $4 million at auction https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/443028/ #AuctionHouse #Baseball #ChicagoWhiteSox #LouGehrig #MLB #NewYorkGiants #Yankees

Stanton joins exclusive 450-HR club in Yankees’ win over Orioles https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/331434/ #BaltimoreOrioles #Baseball #GiancarloStanton #JoeyVotto #LosAngelesAngels #LouGehrig #Marlins #Miami #MiamiMarlins #MiamiMarlins #MikeTrout #MLB #PaulGoldschmidt #TheLosAngelesDodgers #Yankees

This Day in Braves History: 2003 Braves reach six players with 20 home runs https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/330472/ #AndruwJones #atlanta #AtlantaBraves #AtlantaBraves #BabeRuth #Baseball #braves #ChipperJones #FenwayPark #GarySheffield #JavyLopez #LouGehrig #MajorLeague #MarcusGiles #MickeyMantle #MLB #NationalLeague #RedSox #VinnyCastilla

Yankees clinch 33rd consecutive winning season, second-longest in North American sports history https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/311884/ #AaronJudge #BaltimoreOrioles #Baseball #BostonBruins #BostonRedSox #DallasCowboys #DetroitRedWings #JoeDiMaggio #LasVegasAces #LosAngelesDodgers #LosingSeason #LouGehrig #LuisGil #MickeyMantle #MLB #MontrealCanadiens #NateEaton #NewYorkYankees #SanAntonioSpurs

Aaron Judge passes Joe DiMaggio with his 362nd career homer https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/311542/ #AaronJudge #Baseball #Boston #DonaldTrump #LouGehrig #LucasGiolito #Massachusetts #MickeyMantle #MLB #MLBBaseball #NewJersey #NewYork #NewYorkCity #NewYorkYankees #Sports

Aaron Judge hits 47th home run, passes Joe DiMaggio on Yankees’ all-time home run list with 362 https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/311419/ #AaronJudge #BabeRuth #Baseball #BostonRedSox #CalRaleigh #JoeDiMaggio #KyleSchwarber #LosAngelesDodgers #LouGehrig #LucasGiolito #MickeyMantle #MLB #NewYorkYankees #PhiladelphiaPhillies #SeattleMariners #ShoheiOhtani #TrentGrisham

Orioles and Cal Ripken Jr. celebrate 30th anniversary of breaking Lou Gehrig’s record https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/298503/ #Baltimore #BaltimoreOrioles #BaltimoreOrioles #Baseball #California #EddieMurray #HaroldBaines #JimPalmer #JonMiller #LosAngelesDodgers #LouGehrig #maryland #MDStateWire #MikeMussina #MLB #MLBBaseball #Orioles #Sports #WhitneyHouston

Orioles and Cal Ripken Jr. celebrate 30th anniversary of breaking Lou Gehrig’s record https://www.rawchili.com/4513921/ #Baltimore #BaltimoreOrioles #Baseball #California #EddieMurray #HaroldBaines #JimPalmer #JonMiller #LosAngelesDodgers #LouGehrig #Maryland #MDStateWire #MikeMussina #MLB #MlbBaseball #sports #WhitneyHouston

If you're still craving dust, peanuts, & pine tar during the off-season, this one's for you! A look back at the original GOAT players from the New York Yankees that helped make baseball "America's game."

More sports books on deck! No matter what season it is we've got the bases covered!

11/10/23 Open 6-9p. No open containers, please.

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #SultansOfSwat #BabeRuth #LouGehrig #JoeDiMaggio #MickeyMantle #NewYorkYankees #GoReds
@bookstodon

If you're still craving dust, peanuts, & pine tar during the off-season, this one's for you! A look back at the original GOAT players from the New York Yankees that helped make baseball "America's game."

More sports books on deck! No matter what season it is we've got the bases covered!

11/10/23 Open 6-9p. No open containers, please.

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #SultansOfSwat #BabeRuth #LouGehrig #JoeDiMaggio #MickeyMantle #NewYorkYankees #GoReds
@bookstodon

#KevinMcCarthy , the #BouffantBozoOfBakersfield , compared himself to #LouGehrig in a rambling farewell speech after becoming the first #SpeakerOfTheHouse to be removed from office in #UnitedStates 🇺🇸 history. 🤦‍♂️
#Histodons
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