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SI.com (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jackie Mitchell, the minor league pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth during a 1931 exhibition game was no ordinary ballplayer. She was a 17-year-old girl.And she struck out fellow great Lou Gehrig that same game, said Bruce Nash, executive producer of a TV show about Mitchell.Mitchell was intended to be part of a publicity stunt for Tennessee's Chattanooga Lookouts "but she...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
LOS ANGELES — Jackie Mitchell, the minor league pitcher facing Babe Ruth at a 1931 exhibition game was no ordinary ballplayer. She was a 17-year-old girl.Even more extraordinary was her performance that day, when she struck out New York Yankees sluggers Ruth and Lou Gehrig, said Bruce Nash, executive producer of a TV show about Mitchell.Mitchell was intended to be part of a publicity stunt for...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Last updated May 19, 2008 5:03 p.m. PTTV show recounts teenage girl's strikeout of Ruth, GehrigBy LYNN ELBERAP TELEVISION WRITERLOS ANGELES -- Jackie Mitchell, the minor league pitcher facing Babe Ruth at a 1931 exhibition game was no ordinary ballplayer. She was a 17-year-old girl.Even more extraordinary was her performance that day, when she struck out New York Yankees sluggers Ruth and Lou...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
... homer and fifth grand slam. That's one slam for every 13 homers. How good of a ratio is that'Lou Gehrig, on average, made one of every 21 of his homers a slam. And Gehrig hit 23 grand slams, the all-time record.Until this series, the Tigers had one bases-loaded extra-base hit all season. They've had one in each of the past two nights, and each time it has been the big hit of the game.Thames...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Afflicted with Lou Gehrig's disease, they fight for military benefits as science hunts the cause Anthony Averella, 53, who served in the Army and National Guard, suffers from Lou Gehrig's disease. Veterans such as Averella are part of a study examining why soldiers are more likely than the general population to suffer from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Afflicted with Lou Gehrig's disease, they fight for military benefits as science hunts the cause The first time he fell, Army Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Averella was strolling on a military base in Afghanistan. He got up, collected himself and brushed aside the concerns of fellow soldiers. Within months, Averella was stumbling regularly, and his hands began inexplicably clenching into fists.
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Bio-IT World | Top Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
May 21, 2008 | California Stem Cells Inc., an Irvine, California, biotechnology company that turns embryonic stem cells into neurons, said today it's selling the brain cells to researchers trying to find drugs to treat Lou Gehrig's disease. CellDesign Inc., of New Haven, Connecticut, said it has contracts with four drugmakers seeking to use its product to find new medicines for conditions such...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
... with this summer's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. Also part of the July 14-15 auction are Lou Gehrig's warmup jacket dating to the final game of his streak of playing 2,130 consecutive games, the ball from Babe Ruth's 712th home run and a bat used in a game by Jackie Robinson.
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Thurman Munson's World Series rings, MVP trophy and the uniform that the former New York Yankees catcher wore for his final home game before he died in a 1979 plane crash will be auctioned off in connection with this summer’s All-Star game at Yankee Stadium.
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
... and the fans who shared his many years with the team."Also part of the July 14-15 auction are Lou Gehrig's warmup jacket dating to the final game of his streak of playing 2,130 consecutive games, the ball from Babe Ruth's 712th home run and a bat used in a game by Jackie Robinson.The Munson collection consists of more than 140 items, including a custom-made Mercedes-Benz convertible and...
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
... and the fans who shared his many years with the team."Also part of the July 14-15 auction are Lou Gehrig's warmup jacket dating to the final game of his streak of playing 2,130 consecutive games, the ball from Babe Ruth's 712th home run and a bat used in a game by Jackie Robinson.The Munson collection consists of more than 140 items, including a custom-made Mercedes-Benz convertible and...
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Diabetes Mine (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
... when his brother and aunt lost their jobs and health insurance, and a friend was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. The best of intentions...
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Impact Lab (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
... epilepsy — the disorder affects more Americans than do Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and Lou Gehrig’s disease combined — it still carries a stigma that dates to ancient civilizations. (more…)
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Where's Kernan? (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
... struck out five future Hall of Famers in a row in an All-Star Game, starting with Babe Ruth, then Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin. Not bad. We walk past the Old Comiskey pinwheel and Goose starts telling a story about the first day he pulled into the parking lot of the new Comiskey and tears well up in his eyes. That day he looked at what was left of the old Comiskey as...
