Lou Gehrig

Baseball has many heroes, both old and new. Cal Ripken Jr., Babe Ruth, and Ty Cobb are all considered outstanding players. However, one of the greatest was Lou Gehrig. Baseball was Gehrig's life. Lou Gehrig, an outstanding baseball player and well-liked person was never in the spotlight until his life was cut short at the early age of thirty seven.
Gehrig was a poor German immigrant. He was born on June 19, 1903, in New York City. His parents names were Christina and Heinrich. Christina worked as a maid for another family, and Heirich was a janitor. As a young child Gehrig was…