What may be the last Yankee home run bat used by Lou Gehrig has been bid up past $107,000 in SCP Auctions' catalog sale. The bat, used in spring training 1939, was given to Bing Russell, grandfather of actor Kurt Russell and a young regular in the team dugout immediately after Gehrig crossed the plate on a trip north just prior to the start of what would be his final regular … [Read more...] about Editor’s Blog: Gehrig Bat, Yankee Stuff, Tainted Ring
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Gehrig Bat Went into the Right Hands
Lou Gehrig's last order of bats from Louisville Slugger came late in the summer of 1938. The following spring, the disease that would take his life was starting to ravage his powerful body. Still, he kept playing, hoping whatever was bothering him would go away. After spring training, the Yankees headed north and at a stop in Norfolk, Va., Gehrig belted a pair of long home … [Read more...] about Gehrig Bat Went into the Right Hands