Jean醬愛企桃

昨天看了洋基之光這部電影 讓我認識洋基最偉大球員之一賈里格

由於他連續出2130場比賽 體能及耐力真是驚人 因得鐵人的外號(The Iron Horse)但沒想到這樣的鐵人在36歲罹患ALS肌萎縮性側索硬化症（俗稱「賈里格病」），且同年宣布退休的隔兩年就英年早逝

賈里格球員生涯僅僅經歷14個完整球季，卻繳出打擊率3成40、全壘打493發、打點數1,995分這等兼具打擊力與長打力的怪物級成績，堪稱大聯盟史上最具打擊威力的球員之一

1939年7月4日 紐約洋基將這一日命名為「盧·賈里格日」加以慶祝 有六萬兩千名球迷到洋基球場對賈里格致上自己的祝福 原本體力已達極限的賈里格不再適合發表任何演說，但因為在座的球迷大喊：「我們要賈里格！」，呼喊之聲不絕於耳。此時原本要離開的賈里格突然轉身，在驚訝的總教練麥卡錫攙扶下回到本壘板前的麥克風。在環顧滿場觀眾片刻後，賈里格靠近麥克風，發表演最感人肺腑的演說

Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been to ballparks for seventeen years and I have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure I'm lucky. Who wouldn't have considered it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky. When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat and vice versa, sends you a gift, that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in the white coats remember you with trophies, that's something. When you have a father and mother who work all their lives so that you can have an education and build your body, it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed, that's the finest I know. So I close by saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. Thank you

到目前為止美國人還是認為這位自稱是地球上最幸運的人賈里格這段演說最讓人懷念