I just went to the library yesterday and picked up a book called Luckiest Man by Jonathan Eig. It is abou the life and death of Lou Gehrig. He was a famous baseball player that played along side Babe Ruth for the New York Yankees for over 13 years thorughout the 20's and 30's. He was not as popular as thh great Bambino but was more famous for his farewell speach. In 1939 he started not to play as well as he once did. Everyone knew that something was wrong. So on May 2,1939 he decided to end his streak of 2,130 games played. Lou was diagnosed with a rare disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ASL). To this day that disease is known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. On July 4, 1939 Yankee Stadium held a recognition day to honor Lou. It was probably one of the emotional moments in sports history. He told the 66,000 people in attendance that he felt like "the luckiest man in the world". From what i have read it seems like a good book. I definatlly enjoy reading biographies. I like learning the background of people that are famous or have a significant spot in history.Well i havent read much but i am excited to get through it.
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