On a cold damp day at Detroit’s old Briggs field, can you imagine being a fan and realizing The Yankees great Iron Horse was not in the ballgame…everyone must have been wondering what the hell was going on. I’d love to get a ticket stub from that game.
Recently, I've been diagnosed with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gerihgs Disease and I know how it feels when your body starts giving out. When you start stumbling, you have to work harder than everyone else, yet your muscles waste away.
Babe Dahlgren spoke about this as if it happened yesterday. I wonder if they were fully aware of Lou's finding out that he had ALS at the time--my guess is that they must have known something if they saw him crying. I've heard stories that it wasn't considered "acceptable" for a man to cry openly so that was most likely why Babe gave Lou the towel to cover his face.
Keith Olbermann was a fine sports journalist and interviewer, as he demonstrated here with Dahlgren. But when he later turned to political commentary on MSNBC, the bullshit really started coming out of his mouth! He should have stuck to sports journalism.
Most people, out of pride, would have gone on the game when the blow out was on….not Lou Gehrig. I know it not possible, but what a classy act it would have been of Ripken, when he tied the record, would have took himself out the next game in honor of Lou Gehrig.
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Babe kept asking him to get back in the game and replace him after they were crushing the Tigers later on in the game. He kept saying “come on Lou, keep the streak going, get in there!” But Lou just kept shaking his head no:( So sad 😞
Babe Dahlgren's career was certainly one for the history books. Not only did he replace his childhood hero Lou Gehrig in the Yankees lineup, but later in his career during the 1940 season, Dahlgren made an error in a game the Yankees eventually lost. His Manager Joe McCarthy blamed his error for costing the Yankees the pennant, and claimed that Dahlgren was smoking weed, and that's what led to the error. Seriously, if you don't believe me, look it up.
Today a man can openly weep, in those days it was not accepted. So by throwing the towel at Lou it was a way for Lou to keep his dignity (which he really never lost by weeping) while also giving his teammates cover. It was tough being a man those days.
I used to work with elderly patients. They told me what you mentioned: that it was considered unacceptable for a man to cry openly because it showed that he was weak. I've noticed in some of the films that Lou Gehrig tips his cap. I believe that's a show of respect and it was expected for a man to do that(when wearing a cap or hat). My grandfather would do that--he'd told me that a man's tipping his hat/cap or touching the brim "wasn't just acceptable; it was expected." He also told me other stories about how tough it was being a man because of society's expectations.
I did have tears in my eyes. My daddy died from this gawd awful disease. I don’t know why science has been so slow in its progress with a cure. My God bless all those who have been hurt by this disease.
I once thought that the relationship btween the babe and the iron horse ,was somewhat sour ,due to the fact of one been a Jewish descent , and the other a German descent ,leaning towards the war years,
Their relationship soured for a few years when The Babe said something about Lou’s mother to which he took offense. Babe did however apologize and though they were never as close as they had been in the early years, they did manage to become friends again beginning the day of Lou’s Yankee Stadium speech. There are photos of The Babe hugging Lou…
@@easy56wedge Lou's mom had made a comment about one of Babe Ruth's daughters. (Mrs. Gehrig, like my own paternal grandmother, was a tough-as-nails, no-nonsense German woman with no filter.)
After replaced Gehrig, Joe McCarthy batted Dahlgren 8th for the rest of that season. Dahlgren finished the year with 89 RBI. It set a record for the most RBI out of the 8 spot in MLB history at that time. Amazingly... it is STILL the record today. Babe was also a very good defensive player as well. www.highheatstats.com/2013/09/batting-order-season-records/
