The story of Lou Gehrig is one of a virtuous life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Gingrich: ‘This Is, In Fact, World War III’ And The U.S. ‘Ought To Be Helping’] Reference

This girl -- Lou something, Malone thought, and with difficulty refrained from adding "Gehrig" -- had an unusual effect, he decided.    From Wordnik.com.  [Supermind] Reference

So when a son was born in 1995, the name Gehrig was a natural.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Schilling, like his hero, enjoys the luck of life] Reference

After all, he didn't name his son "Gehrig" for nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - For openers, D-backs play like champs] Reference

"Gehrig," he muttered, "you take Wally Pipp's place at first base today.".    From Wordnik.com.  [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference

He often goes around town in a pinstriped New York Yankees jersey with the name "Gehrig" emblazoned on the back.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Roanoke Times: Home page] Reference

My allegiance goes all the way back to Lou Gehrig.    From Wordnik.com.  [off base] Reference

Lou Gehrig … 50.2% (102-for-203) New York Yankees.    From Wordnik.com.  [My 5 Best of the Worst Base Stealers of All Time | myFiveBest] Reference

Gary Cooper was right-handed and Gehrig was left handed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Best Baseball Movies | myFiveBest] Reference

That's how Lou Gehrig, that's how he got his job one time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nick Young on a roll, with or without Gilbert Arenas's help] Reference

Yankees (107-47): Gehrig had become the team's soul, but Ruth's.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Sailing into uncharted waters?] Reference

With this in mind, why not make July 4, 2009, ALS-Lou Gehrig Day?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Batting for the Cure] Reference

Yes, the 1932 Gehrig was just that much better than the 1928 Gehrig.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crowning the greatest New York Yankees team ever] Reference

But what a day July 4, 2009, could be if it became ALS-Lou Gehrig Day!.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sober Take on Affluence Run Amok] Reference

Frank Crosetti, teammate of Ruth and Gehrig, coaches third for the Yankees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Watson: Amidst Global Meltdown, 52-Year-Old Baseball Brews a Cup of Winter Warmth] Reference

Other Yankees players who were friends with Lou Gehrig also appear in the film.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Best Baseball Movies | myFiveBest] Reference

By late April, reporters were commenting that Gehrig seemed to have lost strength.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Bronx, a Parting Shot] Reference

Or perhaps he simply chose to go privately and with dignity, in a Gehrig-like way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paul, the octopus who predicted World Cup results, dies] Reference

The heroes of this day in New York are not DiMaggio and Mantle and Ruth and Gehrig.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2001] Reference

Like my favorite baseball player, Lou Gehrig, Earhart's death overshadows her life.    From Wordnik.com.  ["the confinement even of an attractive cage"] Reference

The story of Lou Gehrig, the greatest first basemen to ever play the game of baseball.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Best Baseball Movies | myFiveBest] Reference

Sure Lou Gehrig was a fine player, but how many home runs did he hit compared to BabeRuth?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Elena Kagan as Scholar] Reference

Yankees (110-44): Ruth and Gehrig devastated AL pitching like no one ever had before them.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Sailing into uncharted waters?] Reference

Of course, Ruth, Cobb, and Gehrig were (as Stengel used to say) "dead at the present time.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Loneliest Hero] Reference

It sounds almost like Gehrig: "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2002] Reference

"The scout who signed him knew he was getting the best prospect he had signed since Gehrig.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Strasburg the Best Prospect Ever?] Reference

I mean, you put on a uniform, it's just not work clothes, it's the uniform that Ruth wore or Gehrig wore.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 4, 2001] Reference

It's for DiMaggio and Mantle, Romik (ph) in center field, Ruth and Gehrig helped people forget the depression.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2001] Reference

DiMaggio (number 5), was the successor to Lou Gehrig (number 4), who died on June 2 of the disease that now bears his name.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Season Of '41] Reference

In baseball alone, Camel fielded a virtual All-Star team of endorsers, including Gehrig, Mel Ott, Yogi Berra and Joe DiMaggio.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Power of Pure Poppycock] Reference

It would be more fruitful, you might think, to focus on her lengthy, Lou - Gehrig – like record of 3,000 cases over 17 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Advise and Shut Up Already] Reference

Blessing the new stadium with the falling rain as Gehrig, Ruth, DiMaggio, and Mantle watched the newest made man join their ranks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eugene Michael Santiago: New Yankee Stadium Prepares for October] Reference

Only four players (DiMaggio, Ruth, Gehrig and Mantle) and one manager (Miller Huggins) have monuments; theirs measure 2 feet by 3 feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yankees honor George Steinbrenner in a really big way] Reference

Gehrig, who built a heroic reputation for playing on despite injuries - he played 2,130 games over 14 years - is not named in the study.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lou Gehrig killed by baseball not Lou Gehrig's disease, study findings suggest] Reference

I did not look at being compared to Ruth or Gehrig or Mays, but I did want to be accepted within the corral of great players of the past.    From Wordnik.com.  [Questions &Amp; Answers: Reggie Jackson] Reference