Talk:Lou Gehrig

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Contents 1 Lou and other sports 2 Continuity 3 Something is wrong 4 Distinctions 5 Where he lived 6 Photo 7 American 8 Two identical photographs of Lou Gehrig 9 Green infobox?

[edit] Lou and other sports

I recently found this picture of Lou Gehrig and Lester Patrick of the NY Rangers. Lou and Lester I vaguely remember reading that Lou was an avid Rangers hockey fan. Is there any evidence of this aside from this picture? Nyrmetros 00:08, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Continuity

The article mentions that Gehrig's wife, upon calling the Mayo clinic on or around May 2, 1939, spoke with Dr. Charles Horace Mayo (according to the link). According to the article on Dr. Mayo, he retired ten years before that date and died 24 days after it. I think it is highly unlikely that Mrs. Gehrig spoke with that Charles Mayo, or that the man—in his ailing state—“had been following Gehrig's career and his mysterious loss of strength”. The reference is probably to Charles William Mayo—the son of the aforementioned Charles Mayo, who does not as of this writing have a bibliography on Wikipedia.—Kbolino 19:24, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Something is wrong

"At the midpoint of the 1938 season, Gehrig's performance began to drastically diminish. At the end of that season, he said, "I tired midseason. I don't know why, but I just couldn't get going again." Eleanor was afraid it was caused by a brain tumor. Gehrig told her that he had been feeling the strength ebb away in his legs since his 30th birthday."

Could please someone please tell me what's the meaning of "ebb" in the above sentence? I'm suspecting a vandalism that was somehow missed, but I'm not a native English speaker, so I might be wrong; but if I'm not, I'm not sure what to do about it: remove it or replace with something else (but with what?) TIA! :) --Vlad|-> 15:14, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Ebb means to worsen or decline. Petedoane 06:52, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Distinctions

"One of only seven players (Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, and Ted Williams) (J.J.Jammer) to end their career with a mini "

This line seems like an incomplete thought, perhaps a vandalism not repaired correctly or something? Also, why must this article meet the *Living* persons biography standards? 129.53.219.20 18:13, 9 January 2007 (UTC) matt g

I fixed it. For some reason the sentence got chopped off last November. Probably an accident. Matt Deres 02:30, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Where he lived

Why is this mentioned in the lead? Is it really that important? Quadzilla99 05:28, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I removed it. Quadzilla99 19:26, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

I found and uploaded this to Wikimedia Commons in case anyone wants to use it in this article. Quadzilla99 19:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Done, I added it. Quadzilla99 05:54, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] American

In the photo which is him and which is Babe Ruth? The caption doesn't distinguish between them because it presupposes that the reader is American and will know one of the baseball players by sight.

Fixed. It was more obvious when the pic at the top was working. Matt Deres 23:54, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Two identical photographs of Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig's article contains two identical photos. This is silly. One of the photos should be deleted.

Anthony22 18:47, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

• Agreed. I've replaced the one at the top, sorry it's not higher resolution. JGHowes 00:57, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Found much better pix (PD) for article lead and it's now there JGHowes ^talk - 00:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Green infobox?

Why is there green in the infobox? See Babe Ruth for instance. Quadzilla99 07:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I just thought it looked better, someone reverted Babe Ruth back to gray. JGHowes ^talk - 10:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)