我是不知美國國慶或是鐵馬告別演說70周年對小王這場球的意義有多麼重大

我只知不管洋基星期一到星期五有多會贏球,感覺就像公司行號一碰上"假日"就是打烊休息

Halladay 對洋基已跨季6連勝(去年五勝今年一勝),生涯對洋基的勝率也是僅次金鶯和老虎16勝5負的7成62

沒記錯,前一次Halladay 對洋基輸球正是去年洋基開幕戰小王先發那場球,小王也拿下勝投

但小王今年狀況不如以往,只能冀望在越熱就越投越穩下無關勝負就謝天謝地,畢竟碰上大投手,沒拿勝投也不是什麼惋嘆的事

如果要怪就怪洋基的鳥打線碰上"假日"就停機擺爛,是的,而這幾天正是美國國慶假日

別提小王,70年前的今天,這位他認為自己是地球上最幸運的人,在本來沒事先計畫和準備下

被6萬2000名球迷拱上麥克風前發表這篇可能是棒球史上最感人的演說,兩年後6/2死於肌肉萎縮性硬化症

70年後的今天,MLB 在今天所有比賽的第七局攻守交替時都會播出這段演說,網路上只找到部份內容

Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech

以下是全文:

Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and 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 consider 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 white coats remember you with trophies -- that’s something.

When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter -- that’s something.

When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so 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 in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for, thank you.

鐵馬本來的2130場連續出場記錄,後來被Ripken 給打破,當然鐵馬的故事不止於此,有興趣可以看看

維基鐵馬篇

難得在今天這麼感性的日子,我也有感性的一面,從頭到尾都沒罵到草泥馬,真是不像我