Wilcy Moore started Saturday's game four. Taking the mound in Yankee Stadium, he was “as calm and cool as though he was pitching hay” back in Oklahoma. Moore hurled a complete game, although Gehrig provided no offensive help, ...
... Harry, 10, 12 Kieran, John, 65–66 Klein, Chuck, 94 Koenig, Mark, 49 Krichell, Paul, 21–22 LaGuardia, Fiorello, 104, 106 Lazarus, Emma, 6 Lazzeri, Tony and the Yankees, 49, 54–55, 63, 89, 104 Lindbergh, Charles, 56, 73 Lloyd, Harold, ...
I'm writing just to wish you luck and let you know that I'm pulling for you every day.” “Don't he want something?” the Babe asked. “Doesn't he ask for a ball or something?” “Not a thing,” I told him. “Well, I'm a son of a gun,” Babe ...
They had as their manager a sharp, dried up, mite of a man named Miller Huggins who was all wisdom and common sense and baseball brains. They had the dream pitching staff consisting of Pennock, Hoyt, Moore and Pipgras.
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 ...
Discusses the personal life and baseball career of the famous Yankee first baseman, Lou Gehrig.
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Traces the life of the famous Yankee firstbaseman, describes his accomplishments as a player, and looks at his relationship with Babe Ruth
A biography of baseball player Lou Gehrig.
Traces the life of the Yankees' star ballplayer, focusing on his character and his struggle with the terminal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Traces the life of the New York Yankee legend, Lou Gehrig and describes his baseball accomplishments.
One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians.
A biography of the Yankee player voted "the greatest first baseman of all time" by the Baseball Writer's Association.
His poignant autobiography is followed by an insightful biographical essay by historian Alan D. Gaff. Here is Lou—Hall of Famer, All Star, and MVP—back at bat.
Describes the life of the great baseball player, from his childhood as the only son of German immigrants to his triumph as star of the New York Yankees.
A biography of the New York Yankee first baseman known as 'The Iron Man' because he played in over 2,000 consecutive games.
What emerges after reading these stories is not only a greater understanding and appreciation of the virtues that these icons needed to get through life, but also an inspiration for the reader.
Discusses the personal life and baseball career of the famous Yankee first baseman, Lou Gehrig.