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A Farewell for Eternity
Lou Gehrig, a lifetime .340 hitter, batted .295 in 1938, slammed 29 home runs and drove in 114 runs, and, yes, played in all 157 games. Good numbers despite the fact Gehrig's body was already feeling the symptoms of ALS.
He hit home runs by the hundreds—seven shy of 500—and he had undoubtedly been at the plate many times when a hit was mandatory or the Yankees might lose—a rarity in the 1920s through the mid-1960s. 61,000 people were at the Stadium—the number should have been of little consequence to this slugger.
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