Political Quotes

“this Fourth of July marked the 75th anniversary of the muggy summer afternoon the great Henry Louis Gehrig bid farewell to baseball and introduced Americans to the illness that would become known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Lou Gehrig was the only surviving child of a sheet metal worker and a maid--immigrants from Germany. Gehrig brought his family's humble work ethic and steadfastness to his own job, playing first base for the New York Yankees. His career was one that even a Red Sox fan can admire. On June 1, 1925, 4 days before his 20th birthday, he pinch-hit for Pee Wee Wanninger. On June 2, he broke into the starting lineup for good. He would play every single regular and postseason Yankees game until May 2, 1939--2,130 in a row. ``The Iron Horse,'' as Gehrig was known, didn't just play a lot of baseball, he played superb baseball. He racked up more than 2,700 hits, for a lifetime batting average of .340 and close to 2,000 runs batted in. He had 493 career home runs. His No. 4 jersey, known as ``the Hard Number'' by the American League pitchers who had to try to get the ball past him, was the first ever retired from Major League Baseball. Despite his exceptional play, Gehrig was happy to leave the spotlight to teammate Babe Ruth, or later, Joe DiMaggio. ``I'm not a headline guy,'' he once said. ``As long as I was following Ruth to the plate, I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference.'' Lou Gehrig wasn't just great.…”