Lou Gehrig: Sports Heroes and Legends
- ISBN-10
- 0760750629
- ISBN-13
- 9780760750629
- Series
- Lou Gehrig
- Category
- Baseball players
- Pages
- 105
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Authors
- Kevin Viola, Lou Gehrig
Description
Joe McCarthy , who had just been fired by the Chicago Cubs , was hired on as the Yankees ' manager for the 1931 season . When the team reported for spring training that year , both Lou and his roommate and friend Bill Dickey took an ...
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