The Today Show is here today, filming my colleague Michael Goldsmith, who is battling Lou Gehrig's Disease (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). Inspired by Michael, Major League Baseball will commemorate Gehrig's famous "luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech by reading his words during the seventh-inning stretch at all Major League ballparks where games are being played on July 4, 2009. The background story on that event is here. A great work by a great colleague ...
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1. Posted by Tim Zinnecker on April 6, 2009 @ 11:29 | Permalink
Additional story at "the faculty lounge" blog. See here:
http://tinyurl.com/c9ensr
2. Posted by Kirk Hartley on April 7, 2009 @ 8:12 | Permalink
Great idea by your colleague. Now, why not push MLB to make at least some annual annual remembrance - ALS and other diseases strike every day and do not wait for convenient periodic anniversaries.
3. Posted by Robert Goldstein on April 7, 2009 @ 11:53 | Permalink
All of us in the ALS Community are incredibly thankful of Michael's leadership to get this done through MLB. There are links to more information from MLB on the program and Michael's efforts via our website at www.als.net/MLB4ALS
Thanks Michael!
4. Posted by Cliff on April 9, 2009 @ 9:17 | Permalink
That is good news. I read the background story previously and was touched by Professor Goldsmith's efforts and his zeal for living a purposeful life to his fullest ability. Inspirational.
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