My older brother, Matt, is my best friend, and the strongest person I have ever met. We were born in the same year, just 11 months apart, and immediately inseparable. My parents sent me to kindergarten a year early because they couldn't imagine separating us. We were in some of the same classes in school, we played on the same sports teams, and since we were five years old, we shared a love of baseball. One of our favorite movies as kids was the Lou Gehrig story, "The Pride of the Yankees." We watched that movie dozens of times.
The Pride of the Kurkjians: This Lou Gehrig Day, my brother -- and best friend -- is facing ALS
