June 2, 2021 Lou Gehrig - ALS Awareness Day
Major League Baseball declared June 2 to be Lou Gehrig Day
June 2 is significant as it was the day in 1925 that he replaced Wally Pip as the Yankees regular first baseman, and the day of his death in 1941 two years following his diagnosis with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
On this day the Somerset Patriots, which became the AA-affiliate of the New York Yankees in the 2021 season, defeated the Reading Fighting' Phils 5-4
Yankees pitcher Zach Britton, threw 27 pitches in a rehab start for the Patriots
I also add the Major League Baseball passport stamp to the Lou Gehrig first day cover to commemorate the event, as well as to my passport
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