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Gehrig

[ ger-ig ]

noun

  1. Henry Louis Lou, 1903–41, U.S. baseball player.


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Given the brand’s relationship with baseball, featuring Gehrig in ’34 was a no-brainer, and it started a tradition that has snowballed into one of the most iconic non-competition prizes in sports.

He singled to right field to pass the great Lou Gehrig, one of just a handful of better players to wear the pinstripes.

Lou Gehrig's disease hasn't been this hot since, well, Lou Gehrig.

Eleanor sat next to Mom and Pop Gehrig, for Lou's sickness had brought them all closer together.

At that moment the chant “We want Gehrig, we want Gehrig” started to rumble from every corner of the big ballpark.

Lou Gehrig, in his quiet, methodical, all but invisible way, was having a fantastic year.

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