ESPN Insights(@ESPNInsights):“Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” On this day in 1939, the Yankees held Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day after his sudden retirement just weeks earlier, which included Gehrig's now-famous sentiment after his ALS diagnosis.

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2026.07.04 20:53

“Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” On this day in 1939, the Yankees held Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day after his sudden retirement just weeks earlier, which included Gehrig's now-famous sentiment after his ALS diagnosis.