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Lou Gehrig’s disease. The fatal paralytic disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has had this name since Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig died of it in 1941. Known as the Iron Man, the Iron Horse, and the Crown Prince (to Babe Ruth) of Swat, Gehrig played in 2,130 consecutive games for the Yankees before the disease took its toll, a record that lasted until 1995. See today i consider myself . . . |