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MLB auctioning off Lou Gehrig’s infamous “Luckiest Man” speech as NFT

“Fans, for the past two weeks you’ve been reading about a bad break. Yet today, I consider myself, the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”

The prior words spoken by Yankees legend Lou Gehrig in a July 4, 1939 speech following his amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis became the most notable line in one of American sports’ most famous speeches.

Thus, with Major League Baseball taking a dip into the NFT game, it’s only fitting it includes Gehrig’s awe-inspiring moment as part of a package that additionally encompasses digital art.