4。ALS

今天早上原本只是想看小王的比賽，後來發現每個球員的球衣都有一個logo『4ALS』，一開始會意不過來，後來看到後來畫面一直帶到Lou Gehrig 的紀念碑，原來是For ALS ，「肌萎縮性脊髓側索硬化症」(amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)，英文簡稱ALS。 此病在美國又稱為路‧蓋里格氏病(Lou Gehrig's disease)，在臺灣這種病就叫漸凍人。

關於Lou Gehrig的故事，請看下面這篇文章，
Lou Gehrig棒球場上的漸凍英雄

關於ALS的介紹：
什麼是運動神經元疾病

由於今天是Lou Gehrig在老洋基球場發表他的告別演講70週年，所以今天所有大聯盟球隊球衣都有4ALS的logo。

這段影片是洋基隊的現役球員，把當年Lou Gehrig的告別演講再說一遍：
Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | Yankees honor Gehrig on 70th Anniversary of Speech - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia

紅襪隊也有一樣的活動，還有病友觀禮：
Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | Red Sox honor Gehrig on 70th anniversary of speech - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia


這是Lou Gehrig告別演說第一段，也就是著名的『最幸運的人』那段：

"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 this earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans.

Lou Gehrig 告別演說完整演講稿:: The Official Web Site

國外網站的相關報導：
Gehrig's courage honored around MLB | MLB.com: News
MLB pays tribute to Gehrig on speech anniversary - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

也有病友到洋基球場

Michael Goldsmith, right, who suffers from Lou Gehrig's disease, and his son Austin, left, take part in Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day before a baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees Saturday, July 4, 2009, in New York. Goldsmith recently petitioned Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to begin a 4ALS initiative to raise awareness and funds for ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

一郎的球衣也有4ALS


為什麼只有小王當天沒有4ALS的logo