FILE - New York Yankees' Lou Gehrig poses at a spring training game in St. Petersburg, Fla., in this March 16, 1935, file photo. Major League Baseball will hold its first Lou Gehrig Day on June 2 ...

Ahead of MLB's first Lou Gehrig Day, here's what Gehrig, baseball and the new annual tribute mean to Mariners players — including Jacob Nottingham, who has a tattoo honoring his grandma, aunt ...

This day is meant to honor the life, legacy and bravery of Lou Gehrig. Also known as 'The Iron Horse', Gehrig had an incredible streak of 2,130 consecutive games while playing a major role in 6 ...

If Lou Gehrig Day was going to happen, it would be with the support of all 30 teams. Wilson, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2015, was the organizer, canny with logistics.

June 2nd is known as "Lou Gehrig Day" around baseball and helps to bring awareness to ALS, the disease that took his life. Sarah Langs is a prominent personality within baseball who is also ...

Lou Gehrig, first baseman for the New York Yankees, is shown at the ... More microphone during Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, a farewell to the slugger, at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939.

Another Gehrig Day The New York Yankees were the first to hold a Gehrig Day, on July 4, 1939, weeks after the first baseman's diagnosis put a reason to his woes on the field and at the plate. Lou ...

MLB will sell Lou Gehrig Day-inspired T-shirts, host auctions and release a non-fungible token (NFT) featuring Gehrig’s “Luckiest Man” farewell to baseball speech delivered on July 4, 1939 ...

Lou Gehrig Day will be focused on three pillars, MLB said: Remembering Gehrig's legacy and those lost to ALS, increasing awareness and money in the fight to fight the disease, and celebrating the ...

While all 30 MLB teams will mark Lou Gehrig Day one way or another, the Cubs, who close out their series with the visiting San Diego Padres, intend to do so with an “All in 4-ALS Super-Heroes ...

Lou Gehrig Day will take place Wednesday around MLB, including at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park as the Mariners face the A’s. There are layers of significance to the June 2 date.

Raimel Tapia #15 of the Colorado Rockies wears a patch commemorating the inaugural Lou Gehrig Day during the first inning against the Texas Rangers at Coors Field on June 2, 2021 in Denver.