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Hank Greenberg: former Detroit Tiger was one of the game's greatest sluggers.
DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, there was no greater slugger than Tigers Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg.
Breaking in with Detroit 70 years ago this summer, he powered the Tigers to back-to-back pennants in 1934 and 1935, capturing an American League MVP Award in the latter campaign as the Tigers won their first-ever world championship over the Chicago Cubs.
Despite losing more than four full seasons to military service, and another to injury, he paced the junior circuit in homers and RBI four times each and carried Detroit to its second world title after returning from the Army in 1945. Yet, Greenberg is seldom mentioned in the same breath as other great ...
- Lou Gehrig Was a Quiet Man Who Did Not Exploit His Name
- Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered September 5, 1995 700+ words
...history. So, here are some facts about Lou Gehrig. He played 15 complete seasons and brief...361. Ray Robinson wrote Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time. RAY ROBINSON, Author...ever hit. The very next man at bat, Lou Gehrig, came to bat, and with very little...
- Curt Schilling to Pitch for ALSA in the Fight Against Lou Gehrig's Disease May...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 9, 2002 700+ words
...help The ALS Association find a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease and help provide services...sclerosis struck Yankee Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig in 1939. He died two years later. Beginning...cover all the bases in the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease. We're fortunate to have...
- 2nd to Ruth, 2nd to Ripken; But as a Person of Magnitude, Lou Gehrig Is Second...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Shirley Povich September 6, 1995 700+ words
...league games, upstaging the record set by Lou Gehrig that stood, decade after decade, for...who set the record that Ripken broke. Lou Gehrig can go proudly into history as No. 2...when measured against Cal Ripken, Lou Gehrig was much the better ballplayer, one...
- Anniversary tributes are set for Lou Gehrig
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times May 21, 1989 700+ words
Q.It has been 50 years since Lou Gehrig's fabulous career came to an end...tribute to the memory of the legendary Lou Gehrig. Arrangements are being made by the...sclerosis, the disease that claimed Lou Gehrig's life on June 2, 1941). June has...
- EAB to Lead Fund Drive for Lou Gehrig's Disease Research; Campaign to Run...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 25, 1998 700+ words
...Sclerosis (ALS) -- commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease -- EAB today announced it...10,000 toward the 1998 "Strike Out Lou Gehrig's Disease" campaign. The announcement...sufferer, was presented with a replica Lou Gehrig jersey at the event. Mr. Pendergast...
- The Ashes of Lou Gehrig and Other Baseball Essays.(Book Review)
- Nine Lamb, Chris March 22, 2005 700+ words
Sean Peter Kirst. The Ashes of Lou Gehrig and Other Baseball Essays. Jefferson...Sean Peter Kirst tells the story of how Lou Gehrig's widow, Eleanor, considered donating...point, been disturbed. In The Ashes of Lou Gehrig and Other Baseball Essays, a collection...
- FOR VICTIMS OF LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE, NEW HOPE.(MAIN)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) May 9, 1995 700+ words
...disease that killed the baseball star Lou Gehrig nearly 60 years ago was a complete mystery...mechanisms of the malady, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. And in a result to be announced...real mechanisms'' that can cause Lou Gehrig's disease. ``Any time there is big...
- Spinal Fluid Proteins Signal Lou Gehrig's Disease.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week February 11, 2009 700+ words
...in the spinal fluid could signal the onset of Lou Gehrig's disease, according to researchers. The discovery...monitoring the effects of treatment (see also Lou Gehrig Disease). Lou Gehrig's disease -- or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis...
