Uncovering Lou Gehrig's Disease

If you ask a baseball fan to name a player that really stood out to them, there is a good chance they would name one player. That player is Derek Jeter. Derek Jeter was a very popular baseball player throughout his career (1992-2014). Being an all-star shortstop for the New York Yankees he had a pretty eventful career. Derek Jeter was a special man in many baseball fan’s hearts, he was one of the best to play the game, he has a very interesting early life, professional career, and personal life.

I would say I like them because I admired their talent of being able to play both sports on the pro level. That definitely blew me away as a kid, that a person can be that talented, and it still amazes me to this day”(Jesse). Deion Sanders played in both the NFL and the MLB. Deion is widely known as one of the best cornerbacks of all time and played on multiple NFL teams. Some teams are the Falcons, Cowboys, Niners, Redskins and the Ravens.

He played under some of the best catchers in MLB history including, Ivan Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, Jose Molina, Russell Martin, and Brian McCann. This is one reason he is such a great success now that he has a starting position. In an example form the article Francisco mentioned how Jorge was one of the hardest working on the team. Seeing Posada practice so hard drove Cervelli to practice his framing even more in his later seasons. No one excepted Cervelli to have such a big impact on the team.

For example, if he would have not played there's kids out there that wouldn’t be able to play baseball that are great at it. Also he was great a person to so white people are gonna look at African Americans different because he was nice gentlemen. That's one reason why he is my hero. Another reason why I think Jackie Robinson is a hero because he was the first African American to win the NL MVP of baseball.

Jackie Robinson not only made impacts on the field that were monumental, but he made impacts off the field that were equally as important. Jackie helped presidents get elected, get kids off the streets and into the most prestigious schools there is, and most importantly he broke the black color barrier in baseball. Jackie Robinson is one of the most influential people to ever live, he did things that people would dream about, he stood up for what he believed. To begin, Jackie’s biggest accomplishment was breaking the black color barrier on baseball, “ Jackie Robinson broke through the color barrier that kept blacks out of the Major League Baseball [MLB].

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be the odd man out well then you should hear this story about Jackie Robinson. “ Life is not important except when it impacts other.” by Jackie Robinson. On April 15 1947 Jackie Robinson won the Major league baseball, Most valuable player. He got this award in Brooklyn New York, Because he was voted by the league MVP.

Imagine that one of the greatest baseball players ever had to retire due to a life threatening condition, later to be named after him. That was what happened to the legendary Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a renowned baseball player for the New York Yankees in the early 1920’s. The “Iron Horse” as he was known, was forced to retire at a young age due to a life threatening disease called ALS and often known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Gehrig was a slugger and was loved by fans for not only for his ability to hit the ball out of the park, but also for his social influence in baseball.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have a star player name Andrew McCutchen. He is a really great player that has won many awards. If I could change places with a celebrity for one day it would be Andrew McCutchen. One reason I would trade lives with Andrew McCutchen is because he plays baseball. He plays baseball for my favorite team which is the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Zachary Mirza Mrs. Scherer English 227 10 December 2015 Mickey Mantle Mickey Mantle, also known as “The Mick”, was a very successful baseball player. Some of his greatest accomplishments include: four home run championship titles, a Triple Crown batting average award, and three Most-Valuable-Player (MVP) awards. However, Mickey Mantle’s humble beginnings and influential family lead him to a successful career in baseball . Mickey Mantle was born on October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma to Lovell and Elven “Mutt” Mantle. Mutt was a famous baseball player himself.

History shows that steroids due produce extraordinary results when used in the major league baseball. Players such as Barry Bonds the man who holds the record for the most home runs ever hit in a career used steroids, and Mark McGuire who holds the record for most home runs hit

Lou Gehrig's "Farewell Address to Baseball" was a speech delivered at Yankee Stadium. He had been recently diagnosed with ALS, later to be renamed as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The disease attacked the central function of the nervous system to the point of leaving it dysfunctional. During this time, the United States was gradually beginning to recover from the Great Depression, but just as things seemed to be getting better, war was quickly becoming unavoidable in Europe. The American people were constantly dealing with these two and many more issues in their daily lives.

Values expressed in the body of this speech The phrase value as used by Lou Gehrig refers to certain actions that the speaker is telling his audience, but values are not a call to take action. In simple terms, values refer to the speaker’s main point of concern, view and expression regarding the sadness of baseball fans. With this regard, there are two values that are highlighted in Lou Gehrig’s speech (Anderson, 2013).   First, sadness of baseball fans –Lou Gehrig’s speech highlights how the audience should express and address their feelings appropriately without overshadowing the baseball game.

Sports have been around for a long time and so have these diseases that can end your life or complicate them. Rules are being more inforced as of now due to serious brain disease that cause death to those who suffer concussions on the field. The sports industry tried changing rules to the games to prevent certain disease such as ALS and CTE but changing the rules can come out to worse results as in fracturing other body parts that can cause the player to stop playing for some time or even forever which can cause an end to their careers. Changing certain rules may prevent certain conflicts but can start other conflicts which can be more risky for the athlete. For instance head trauma is a very talked topic coming from sports i don't believe