Alan D. Gaff

Eighty-one years ago, on July 4, 1939, angels wept in the clouds over Yankee Stadium when Lou Gehrig said goodbye to baseball. Teammates...

Lou Gehrig loved to fish. He spent many an enjoyable day with his favorite partner, Fred Fletcher, whom he had first met in 1927. Another...

Early in 1937 Lou Gehrig went to Hollywood. One of the most recognizable baseball icons in America, Lou seemed ripe for exploitation as a...

As this last post in my series on cheating in Major League baseball, I submit the following true story with the hope that current club...

There had always been an intense rivalry between the New York Yankees and the New York Giants prior to the latter team moving to San...

A Gaff Covid-19 Update!! Maureen and I are fine. We have plenty to eat and drink, as well as dozens of jigsaw puzzles to keep us busy for...

This special post is for those reading the blog on Amazon or Goodreads. My new book Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir is coming out in May. ...

For this installment of my blog, I will continue the observations of Umpire Bill Brennan, this time concentrating on how pitchers and...

For this installment of the blog, I will offer the observations of Bill Brennan, a major league umpire, who wrote about cheating in...

After the Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Giants in the World Series of 1911, rumors began to appear in the press that the...

In response to the Houston Astros scandal, I will soon be posting a series of stories entitled: America’s “Favorite” Pastime—Cheating at...

During spring training in New Orleans prior to the 1923 season, Babe Ruth returned to his hotel to find the lobby jammed with people,...

Unknown to most of the American public, Babe Ruth did not read. Whenever Babe heard someone talk about a newspaper article that mentioned...

One of Lou Gehrig’s teammates on the Yankees from 1923 to 1925 was a 5-foot-7, 155-pound outfielder by the name of Whitey Witt. Whitey...

Received the first review of the upcoming Lou Gehrig book at Publishers Weekly. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-982132-39-2

What’s better on a blog than a story about a story? This is one of my favorites! JOE MCCARTHY AND THE WORM Normally reticent around...

In his memoir, Lou Gehrig remembered getting his first major league base hit off Elam Vangilder, a right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis...

The story of Bootnose

In his memoir, Lou Gehrig mentions that in 1923 Babe Ruth briefly used a “Sam Crawford bat.” It is time that today’s baseball enthusiasts...

Lou Gehrig's other sport.