Lou Gehrig, Rochester Red Wings

Lou Gehrig — Rochester Red Wings



Lou Gehrig bobblehead

BobbleStats

League: MILB
Team: Rochester Red Wings
Date: 6/18/2005
Quantity: 2,000
Park: Innovative Field
Theme: Staff Favorites

Fun Fact

Gehrig played his entire career with the New York Yankees but on July 4, 1939 when they took on the Washington Senators (who later relocated to Minnesota as the Twins), he made one of the most memorable speeches in sports history as he announced he was walking away from baseball due to his battle with ALS, a disease that causes muscles to twitch and eventually paralyze the individual