FAREWELL TO BASEBALL
ADDRESS
BY:LOU GE HR IG
Saray Hernandez
1st Period
English 2
4/10/13
BACKGROUND
Lou Gehrig was born June 19, 1903 in East Harlem New York City
he was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in
Major League. Baseball player for the New York Yankees.
He dies on June 2 ,1941 at the Age of 37 in Riverdale New York City.
VIDEO OF THE SPEECH
 http://msn.foxsports.com/topics/m/video/24272368/gehrig-sfarewell.htm
 Delivered 4 July 1939, Yankee Stadium, New York
SOAPSTONE- SUBJECT
 Lou retirement from baseball
SOAPSTONE OCCASION
 He speaks of his retirement due to his illness and addresses the
pity that people feel for him.
SOAPSTONE AUDIENCE
 Are his fans
SOAPSTONE PURPOSE
 Was to show the world how strong and willed and fearless he can
be.
SOAPSTONE SPEAKER
 Lou Gehrig
SOAPSTONE TONE
 Sad but hopeful and optimistic
ETHOS
 Extremely well respected by his fans and fellow players.
PATHOS
 His speech was every emotional
LOGOS
The speech uses the logical appeal to support why he considers
himself “the luckiest man to face the earth”
REPETITION
WEBSITS
 http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/lougehrigfarewelltob
aseball.htm
 http://msn.foxsports.com/topics/m/video/24272368/gehrig-sfarewell.htm
QUESTIONS?