Lifelong Red Sox fan here, but it's Lou Gehrig and the Yankees of the '20s and '30s that made me fall in love with baseball. Baseball history is, in many ways, American history, and Yankees history is, in many ways, baseball history. The soul of America shines through in clips like these, and so I hope more people watch them today. Thanks for sharing.
Poor Lou. This is all very touching. It's wonderful that they did this for him and it looks like it was really painful and difficult for Lou to go through physically. He's having a hard time just holding his head up. Beautiful piece of film. Old New York in its beauty
Yeah poor Lou. The one thing that he's remembered for and it wasn't even thought of by the people in charge of recording it to keep an accurate, complete account of what he said. Shame on them.
My father knew Lou Gehrig personally. He knew him at his greatest times and at his worst. He always had the most admiration and respect for this wonderful man. My dad told stories of sitting on the Yankee bench as a child while “my Louie” played ball. Said he was the kindest, most humble human being on earth. We all could learn from Lou’s life.
Thank you so much for this film! What I'm immediately seeing with this is Lou's inherent shyness and humility, with his head down and him moving around his spiked shoes, he certainly appears uncomfortable with all of the adulation. Also, note him clapping when Ruth is introduced. Although the differences between these two men have been well documented, I believe Lou had great respect for the Babe.
Wholly sincere and absolutely heartbreaking. Perfect combination if you want a speech to live on in history. Lost my father to ALS. It’s a terrible disease.
Just a very small detail I find fun the two chicago teams played the two st louis teams that day. that is a cool little fact to lighten this up a little As for the content of this video, it really must be seen by more people. A nice look at a memorable day that next to no one has really seen before. The various speech bits, crowd, all the people and presentations and even bits of the game.
If biographers are to be believed, Lou didn’t want to take part in the ceremony, but was more or less compelled to. He suffered physically through the ceremony. Joe McCarthy had Babe Dahlgren watching Lou closely and if there was any sign of Gehrig starting to fall or collapse, he was to rush over and catch him.
To think thousands of ppl in attendance this day to witness this monumental moment not counting the millions at home listening 97 percent of them are all dead.. Life is really short enjoy out time here..
You can see the pain in his face as he makes his way through his speech, done with grace and dignity. I highly doubt that there are 5 players in the league today that would be able to make this speech without completely losing it. We live in a very different world today, one with many unthankful and greedy players who couldn't care less about the game but are all about the money. It sure has changed a lot since I started watching in the mid 1970's, and that for the worse.
Really most of the speech is missing except those 4 lines or so. It will be a miracle if the rest ever turns up on audio. It is lucky we have the most important line.
@@ThekiBoran several sites have the speech, but often misquote the 4 lines we have audio for. I contacted the Baseball Hall of Fame a while back and they now have the 4 lines correct on their site. The other lines are likely from newspaper accounts and may not be exact. I tried to post the link here, but it keeps getting deleted.
It is utterly disgusting when you think of how Lou was treated on this day. First, he had to share his day with a player from Venezuela. It seems that that could have been taken care of another day. Then to see the poor quality of the film, how it jumps and cuts off abruptly so many times. Finally, the one thing that Lou is best remembered for, his speech, was cut up and most of it was thrown out. If this was Babe Ruth Day, the speech would have been saved entirely. The video tapes would have been kept in better condition also.
They were making movies in those days so they should have hired a movie company to film him give his speech. Video was not even invented till around 1958-'59, it was all film in 1939.
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Lifelong Red Sox fan here, but it's Lou Gehrig and the Yankees of the '20s and '30s that made me fall in love with baseball. Baseball history is, in many ways, American history, and Yankees history is, in many ways, baseball history. The soul of America shines through in clips like these, and so I hope more people watch them today. Thanks for sharing.
Poor Lou. This is all very touching. It's wonderful that they did this for him and it looks like it was really painful and difficult for Lou to go through physically. He's having a hard time just holding his head up. Beautiful piece of film. Old New York in its beauty
Yeah poor Lou. The one thing that he's remembered for and it wasn't even thought of by the people in charge of recording it to keep an accurate, complete account of what he said. Shame on them.
My father knew Lou Gehrig personally. He knew him at his greatest times and at his worst. He always had the most admiration and respect for this wonderful man. My dad told stories of sitting on the Yankee bench as a child while “my Louie” played ball. Said he was the kindest, most humble human being on earth. We all could learn from Lou’s life.
Just visited new York last week...Sensational. What a great hero he was.
Thank you so much for this film!
What I'm immediately seeing with this is Lou's inherent shyness and humility, with his head down and him moving around his spiked shoes, he certainly appears uncomfortable with all of the adulation.
Also, note him clapping when Ruth is introduced. Although the differences between these two men have been well documented, I believe Lou had great respect for the Babe.
This happened 85 years ago and it still gets me choked up as if it only happened last weekend.
Thank you for presenting the original footage. It is much appreciated
Every young boy growing up and loving baseball, wanted to be like Lou. What a great example of an American hero
What an incredible man! All the blessings! Happy Lou Gehrig day!
Wholly sincere and absolutely heartbreaking. Perfect combination if you want a speech to live on in history. Lost my father to ALS. It’s a terrible disease.
God Bless you Lou !!!
What a player and from what his contemporaries said about him as a human being. Pretty unusual to find that kind.
What a great man
Lou was the very best as a ballplayer and as a human being.
The best first base man of all time ❤❤❤
Mattingly 🤷🏻♂️
Just a very small detail I find fun the two chicago teams played the two st louis teams that day. that is a cool little fact to lighten this up a little
As for the content of this video, it really must be seen by more people. A nice look at a memorable day that next to no one has really seen before. The various speech bits, crowd, all the people and presentations and even bits of the game.
Scott - Gratitude for your bonus trivia and nice comments.
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Yes, Cardinals at Wrigley and the White Sox in St Louis to play the browns.
A great player and a great man
85 years ago today Lou gave his Luckiest Man farewell speech
5:00 notice how he was so weak, he dropped that picture frame
So many years after the fact and my love and admiration for Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig has not diminished.......
If biographers are to be believed, Lou didn’t want to take part in the ceremony, but was more or less compelled to. He suffered physically through the ceremony. Joe McCarthy had Babe Dahlgren watching Lou closely and if there was any sign of Gehrig starting to fall or collapse, he was to rush over and catch him.
To think thousands of ppl in attendance this day to witness this monumental moment not counting the millions at home listening 97 percent of them are all dead.. Life is really short enjoy out time here..
I know what he was feeling, I was diagnosed in April 2024 with ALS "Lou Gehrig's disease"
I wish for you strength and courage. I hope that you will receive the best care possible. And may you be surrounded by love from family and friends.
The 1927 Yankees lineup in suits. Ruth, Lazzeri, Koenig, Meusel, Combs, Bengough. Although I don’t see 3b Jumping Joe Dugan.
You can see the pain in his face as he makes his way through his speech, done with grace and dignity. I highly doubt that there are 5 players in the league today that would be able to make this speech without completely losing it. We live in a very different world today, one with many unthankful and greedy players who couldn't care less about the game but are all about the money. It sure has changed a lot since I started watching in the mid 1970's, and that for the worse.
Sad that babe would only live 9 years after
About 30 seconds of the speech is unfortunately missing.
Really most of the speech is missing except those 4 lines or so. It will be a miracle if the rest ever turns up on audio. It is lucky we have the most important line.
@@TeddyOberman I quote the last line of his speech a lot. I think it's more impactful than the most famous line.
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Is there text of his speech anywhere online?
@@ThekiBoran several sites have the speech, but often misquote the 4 lines we have audio for. I contacted the Baseball Hall of Fame a while back and they now have the 4 lines correct on their site. The other lines are likely from newspaper accounts and may not be exact. I tried to post the link here, but it keeps getting deleted.
@@TeddyOberman Yes it would be a miracle but someone found a home video of Ruth's called shot in 1932 so anything is possible.
Cuál beisbolista es el que habla en español al principio?
El no speako spanisho.
@@TheBatugan77El sí, tú no!
Alejando "Paton" Carrasquel, tio del Chico Carrasquel; fue el primer venezolano es jugar en las grandes ligas.
Who’s the first ball player speaking Spanish?
Alejandro Carrasquel
Alejando "Paton" Carrasquel, uncle of Chico Carrasquel; first venezuelan player in MLB.
Alejandro Carrasquel The first Venezuelan player to debut in the major leagues in 1939
His doppelganger Gary Cooper. Spooky.
He was BORN to play him in "Pride of the Yankees." 😅WONDERFUL movie! One of my all time FAVORITES!!! 🥰😢😍
It is utterly disgusting when you think of how Lou was treated on this day. First, he had to share his day with a player from Venezuela. It seems that that could have been taken care of another day. Then to see the poor quality of the film, how it jumps and cuts off abruptly so many times. Finally, the one thing that Lou is best remembered for, his speech, was cut up and most of it was thrown out. If this was Babe Ruth Day, the speech would have been saved entirely. The video tapes would have been kept in better condition also.
probably, but 1939 was an even different time than 1946. And of course by the early 50's everything was being recorded in full.
They were making movies in those days so they should have hired a movie company
to film him give his speech. Video was not even invented till around 1958-'59, it was all
film in 1939.
@@hw5091 You are giving a very poor excuse for them when they were making
full length movies back then during the same time period.
@@chrisnalina1755 I'm not giving shit. That's the way it was back then.
@@chrisnalina1755 They were able to videotape Jim Farley's entire speech, why not Lou's?
Such a powerful man taken down by a dreadful disease.