Memorabilia
Lou Gehrig Print
- Item Number
- 151
- Estimated Value
- 60 USD
- Sold
- 45 USD to dcda8f799
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
This unique piece by word artist Dan Duffy honors Lou Gehrig, one of the most legendary baseball players in history and one who succummed to ALS. The 16" x 20" print features Gehrig's "Luckiest Man" speech, which he gave to announce his retirement on July 4, 1939 in front of a a sold out crowd at Yankee stadium. The poignant speech reads:
"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans.
"Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky.
"When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift -- that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies -- that's something. When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter -- that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body -- it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed -- that's the finest I know.
"So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for."
Item Special Note
- No refunds or exchanges.
- Not redeemable for cash.
- Winning bidder to pay 6% sales tax plus shipping.
- Item will be mailed to winning bidder within 5 business days.
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