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My ALS Challenge To All Baseball Related Websites!

I was challenged to participate in the “ALS – Ice Bucket Challenge”  that has been making the rounds in social media networks for some time.

MLB has come up huge in the efforts to keep the ball rolling.

Derek Jeter, Yasiel Puig, White Sox announcer Hawk Harrelson – and even the Twins owner Jim Pohlad took up the quest in the owners box the other night.

I would totally love to be drenched by a bucket of ice, however I have come up with a separate challenge for this movement.

I hereby throw out the idea to all of my fellow baseball bloggers to write a blog about Lou Gehrig, of course mentioning the ALS disease that took down this Yankee legend at such a young age.

I want these websites to talk of the heroic inspiration that the “Ironman” displayed in giving his farewell speech.

Lastly, to include a link to for their readers to make a donation to http://www.alsa.org/ at the very minimum.

I will donate a cent per 4 views of my Lou Gehrig blog posted later today/coupled with this short mentioned post. (capped to a maximum of 2131 cents as – which is the same as #4’s ironman streak which came to an end when he ALS was discovered in his body, equivalent of $213.10 to the foundation – if the max is hit).

I urge any of the sites/bloggers to come up with some sort of donation platform such as this.

It is my hope – that this will create another round of awareness for the disease.  and of course… one of the greatest players of ALL-Time in Gehrig.

So Share this on your social media outlet, ramp up the views – and earn some money for a great foundation..  Don’t forget to make a donation yourself. 

Lou Gehrig was only 35 when he was diagnosed with ALS. He had to retire right away and came back for what some would consider ‘the greatest speech of all-time’ on July.4, 1939. It was the “I am the Luckiest Man on the face of the Earth” speech. Gehrig died June.2, 1941 at the age of 37. –Photo courtesy of ultimateyankees.com