July 4th makes 70 years since Lou Gehrig's legendary speech after he had to retire due to his illness. All MLB games this Saturday will commemorate the occasion by reading the text of the speech during the 7th inning stretch. I think it's a nice gesture. The story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/sp.../28gehrig.html
Video clip of the famous part of the speech is here:
The full text, which unfortunately doesn't exist in audio or video, can be read here:
http://www.lougehrig.com/about/speech.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/sp.../28gehrig.html
Video clip of the famous part of the speech is here:
The full text, which unfortunately doesn't exist in audio or video, can be read here:
http://www.lougehrig.com/about/speech.htm
