Lou Gerhigs Farwell Speech -- Lou Gerhig

Language Analysis of Lou GehrigsFarwell pitch to the YankeesLou Gehrig was one of the best baseball looseness of the bowelsers to ever play the game. He was glad with an amazing career playing for the New York Yankees setting many major league records such as 2,130 consecutive games from 1925 to 1939. Unfortunately all legal things must come to an end and on July 4, 1939 Gehrig stood before his devoted fans at Yankee Stadium and announced that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The man that was know to everyone as the Pride of the Yankees, on this very day, showed how courageous he was by giving a passionate livery to his fans that was filled with sarcasm, emotion, and pride.Gehrigs address to the 60,000 fans sitting before him was short but convincing. He wanted to induce his fans that in his eyes this wasnt a defeat. He proclaimed that he considered himself, the luckiest man on the face of the earth. Language was used to manipulate his fans into per ceive the good and not the bad in this tragic situation. Instead of harangue of his illness, Gehrig reminded his fans of all the amazing people he has been able to meet and play for, his loving family, and his record setting career. He starts of the middle two paragraphs of his speech by stating, Sure, Im lucky, and continues on with remarks about the great men of baseball he has had the opportunity to work with. He continues on at the end of the speech with sarcasm, implying to the audience th...