King of Queens wrote:Wow, 4 more days. Does it really get any better than this?
Thanks for that picture, Glenn. One of my favorites. I think it is on a Topps '62 baseball card too, but I may be mistaken about the year.
That picture is courtesy of Babe Ruth.
Gehris and Ruth had quit talking to each other for years leading up to this hug. There was a spat between there wives. In turn, it spread to each player backing their wife and their friendship dissolved. Gehrig had just finished his speech. After his final words, there was a silence. The crowd stunned by his words. Then a tumutuous cheering followed. Some said the loudest old Yankee Stadium had ever heard.
Photogaphers moved in for their best shots of Gehrig. Ruth put aside his differences, whether it was for 'the moment' or a photo op and hugged his old friend. I like to believe it was more than a photo op. Ruth was one of the first to visit Gehrig on his death bed. No photographers were there.
As in life, they were in death. Gehrig choosing a more private funeral.
Ruth was laid in state for two days and two nights inside gate 4, behind home plate at Yankee Stadium.
The number of visitors to see him was estimated to be in the six figures.
Wow, I put a little bit of a downer on this thread!
Let's see some more Gehrig!!!
"Today...today....today.....I consider myself....myself...myself, the luckiest man on the face of the earth." (complete with echoes).
SEE YA IN SIN CITY IN DOS DIAS !
