Greetings on the first day of Fall:

Message of the day: THE IRON HORSE

Last night they said goodbye to the old Yankee Stadium and throughout the evening you were reminded of baseball history. One of the great Yankees of all time was Lou Gehrig and unfortunately his career was cut short due to a rare illness. Despite facing death in the eye, he addressed a sold out Yankee Stadium on his retirement day and stated " he was the luckiest man on the face of this earth. Think of that for one moment.

He wasn't complaining about market gyrations. He wasn't concerned that he too just lost his job at first base. He wasn't fixated on the brutal facts that he was facing. He was thanking everyone for what they gave him. Well Iron Horse, we're still thanking you today.

This week in Investors Business Daily, there was an article on the Iron Horse" where he said "my success came from one word- HUSTLE. There is no excuse for a player not hustling. Every player owes it to himself, his club, and to the public to hustle every minute he is on the ball field. And that goes for the star as much for the kid who is fighting to get a regular job."

I don't mean to be long winded and belabor this point, but Yogi Berra said something similar about Dimagio last night. He talked how Dimaggio ran everywhere. Ran out to the outfield and ran in. Never jogged, never walked. Ran.
One time Yogi grounded out and didn't race down the base path. Who greeted him at the foot of the dugout stairs, Dimaggio. He looked at Yogi and re-iterated not in a joking manner that you better run that out for now on.
Point well taken by Berra. As Yogi said, what made him special was this ability to run and give it 110 all the time. He walked the talk. When he got on me, I realized he was right. He ran everywhere, that's what made him special. He had every right to get on me. I had no recourse for he always backed it up.

Have a great day!