chase.colston Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 "For the past two weeks, you’ve been reading about a bad break. Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. "I have been in ballparks for 17 years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. "When you look around, wouldn’t you consider it a privilege to associate yourself with such fine-looking men as are standing in uniform in the ballpark today? Sure, I’m lucky. Who wouldn’t consider it an honor to have (Yankee owner) Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball’s greatest empire, Ed Barrow. To have spent six years with such a grand little fellow as (Yankee manager) Miller Huggins? To have spent the next nine years with that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Who wouldn’t feel honored to room with such a grand guy as Bill Dickey? "When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift, that’s something. When the groundskeepers and office staff and writers and old-timers and players and concessionaires all remember you with trophies, that’s something. "When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles against her own daughter, that’s something. When you have a father and mother who work all their lives so that you can have an education and build your body, it’s a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed, that’s the finest I know. "So I close in saying that I might have had a bad break, but I have an awful lot to live for. Thank you.” Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4msaZTJrTA I'm sure I've said it before, but I'll say it again: I am so proud that I'll be able to say that my firstborn son's name will be Gehrig. RIP to one of the greatest ballplayers and human beings to walk this earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delap Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETIREDFAN1 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I think MLB teams are re-enacting the speech during the 7th inning of todays games...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoelessjoelives Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 493 homers and a .340 BA compiled in 2164 games. Classy guy and one of the greatest players to ever lace em up. Those who saw him play were the luckiest people in the world.. Columbia Lou was a true American baseball hero !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 that man is what baseball is all about. class, dignity, and love of the game. that's the true yankee way. our generation of players should learn from his example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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