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This day in baseball: Gehrig’s monument

Posted: July 6, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: , , , , , , , |Leave a comment

On July 6, 1941, the Yankees unveiled a center field monument dedicated to Lou Gehrig.  The memorial serves as a tribute by his teammates to Gehrig, who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) the month before.

GehrigMonument

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