Word: gehrig
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...point is not to contrast Cal Ripken Jr. and Nolan Ryan with Lou Gehrig and Johnny Vander Meer, or even to note that "these sports doctors" have enabled many players to considerably extend their careers. But comparisons between baseball then and now should depend on the opinions of a Tommy Lasorda and not a Chuck Connors. In one of the book's better interviews, Lasorda succinctly describes the most pronounced change in baseball: the power shift from the owners to the players. If the stars of the 1950s actually played "for the love of the game" and not for money...
...road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Family Secrets has the best of intentions. A sincere, student-written show, the play obviously required a lot of time and effort. And proceeds go to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) Association. But well-meaning efforts cannot salvage a hellish production...
...Cigarettes never interfere with my fightin' trim," said baseball great Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees in a 1934 Camel advertisement. But the age when sports stars and doctors championed their favorite brand of cigarettes in public is over, according to a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...