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When did Lou Gehrig deliver the 'Luckiest Man Alive' speech? Gehrig spoke to the fans at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939, just over two weeks after he was diagnosed with ALS.

Lou Gehrig will forever be one of the greatest players in the history of baseball. But the legacy of the New York Yankees legend is so much greater than that.

July 4, 1939: The most famous speech in sports history took place on “Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day’ at Yankee Stadium. “Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break ...

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Sarah Langs, a beloved member of the baseball community who has Lou Gehrig's disease, was honored at Yankee Stadium on the 84th anniversary of Gehrig’s famous “luckiest man on the face of the ...