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Sweet swinging Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees was the feature athlete on the cover of the SPORT Magazine's October 1948 issue

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The Northern Game - Bob Elliott New York Islanders Sweet swinging Lou Gehrig ofForeword by Don Cherry Opening at the 2004 Olympic baseball tournament, where the unheralded Canadian team came within an errant throw of the gold medal game, the author recounts Canadas rich baseball history, from 1838 to 2004, when the top rookie in both major leagues hailed form the Great White North. Hardcover