Goodbye, Lou
Eighty-one years ago, on July 4, 1939, angels wept in the clouds over Yankee Stadium when Lou Gehrig said goodbye to baseball. Teammates...
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alandgaff
Jun 27, 20202 min read
A Legendary Appetite
Lou Gehrig loved to fish. He spent many an enjoyable day with his favorite partner, Fred Fletcher, whom he had first met in 1927. Another...
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alandgaff
Jun 15, 20202 min read
Lou Gehrig's Pajamas
Early in 1937 Lou Gehrig went to Hollywood. One of the most recognizable baseball icons in America, Lou seemed ripe for exploitation as a...
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alandgaff
Jun 8, 20203 min read
AMERICA'S "FAVORITE" PASTIME--CHEATING AT BASEBALL, PART 4
As this last post in my series on cheating in Major League baseball, I submit the following true story with the hope that current club...
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alandgaff
May 28, 20201 min read
Willie Mays and Me
There had always been an intense rivalry between the New York Yankees and the New York Giants prior to the latter team moving to San...
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alandgaff
Apr 2, 20203 min read
Personal Update & Grant's Teeth
A Gaff Covid-19 Update!! Maureen and I are fine. We have plenty to eat and drink, as well as dozens of jigsaw puzzles to keep us busy for...
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alandgaff
Mar 26, 20201 min read
For Amazon and Goodreads Followers
This special post is for those reading the blog on Amazon or Goodreads. My new book Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir is coming out in May. ...
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alandgaff
Mar 12, 20203 min read
AMERICA'S "FAVORITE" PASTIME--CHEATING AT BASEBALL, PART 3
For this installment of my blog, I will continue the observations of Umpire Bill Brennan, this time concentrating on how pitchers and...
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alandgaff
Feb 25, 20202 min read
AMERICA’S “FAVORITE” PASTIME—CHEATING AT BASEBALL, PART 2
For this installment of the blog, I will offer the observations of Bill Brennan, a major league umpire, who wrote about cheating in...
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alandgaff
Feb 13, 20203 min read
AMERICA’S “FAVORITE” PASTIME—CHEATING AT BASEBALL, PART 1
After the Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Giants in the World Series of 1911, rumors began to appear in the press that the...
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alandgaff
Feb 8, 20201 min read
COMING SOON
In response to the Houston Astros scandal, I will soon be posting a series of stories entitled: America’s “Favorite” Pastime—Cheating at...
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alandgaff
Feb 6, 20202 min read
WHEN BABE RUTH LOST THE SPOTLIGHT
During spring training in New Orleans prior to the 1923 season, Babe Ruth returned to his hotel to find the lobby jammed with people,...
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alandgaff
Jan 17, 20201 min read
Babe Ruth's eyesight
Unknown to most of the American public, Babe Ruth did not read. Whenever Babe heard someone talk about a newspaper article that mentioned...
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alandgaff
Dec 14, 20196 min read
MAGICAL, MYSTICAL FLYING POP BOTTLE AFFAIR
One of Lou Gehrig’s teammates on the Yankees from 1923 to 1925 was a 5-foot-7, 155-pound outfielder by the name of Whitey Witt. Whitey...
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alandgaff
Dec 9, 20191 min read
First Gehrig Book Review
Received the first review of the upcoming Lou Gehrig book at Publishers Weekly. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-982132-39-2
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alandgaff
Dec 4, 20191 min read
JOE MCCARTHY AND THE WORM
What’s better on a blog than a story about a story? This is one of my favorites! JOE MCCARTHY AND THE WORM Normally reticent around...
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alandgaff
Dec 2, 20191 min read
"Boom" Vangilder
In his memoir, Lou Gehrig remembered getting his first major league base hit off Elam Vangilder, a right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis...
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alandgaff
Nov 23, 20193 min read
Babe Ruth and Betsy Bingle
In his memoir, Lou Gehrig mentions that in 1923 Babe Ruth briefly used a “Sam Crawford bat.” It is time that today’s baseball enthusiasts...
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alandgaff
Nov 16, 20191 min read
LOU GEHRIG’S CAREER AS A RUNNING BACK ON COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S FOOTBALL TEAM
Lou Gehrig's other sport.
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