The New York Yankees and all of baseball celebrates Lou Gehrig Day today, June 2nd. A large group of people affected by ALS banded together to convince teams and the leagues to honor Gehrig as they do with Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente. As a result, the day not only celebrates one of the greatest baseball players ever to have played the game, but it brings attention to Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Those fans who do not know who Lou Gehrig is, he was one of the greatest New York Yankee players ever to play the game.