Lou Gehrig's Famous Speech Recreated by MLB Stars
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July 04, 2014, 4:15 PM
— -- On the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s unforgettable “luckiest man on the face of the earth” speech, Major League Baseball has put together a touching tribute to the legendary first basemen.
Every single first base player in the MLB took part in a video recreating Gehrig’s famous speech.
The players are interwoven with footage from the moving moment, when Gehrig addressed his fans just weeks after receiving a fatal diagnosis for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
The video will be played today at all 30 major league baseball stadiums and the MLB announced they will donate $300,000 to organizations that fight ALS, now commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Rare Footage From Behind the Scenes of Gehrig's Famous Speech
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