I never got to watch Lou Gehrig play first base for the New York Yankees.
My grandfather might have. He grew up in New Jersey during Gehrig’s prime, just a stone’s throw away from Yankee Stadium. There was no television on which to watch the games, let alone a 24-hour sports news cycle. No, he got to watch the Iron Horse up close and personal and though he was foggy on details, his stories had one constant: Lou Gehrig could play.
We all know the tragedy of Gehrig being robbed of the chance to grow old with his contemporaries.