Borrowing “May the Force be with you” from George Lucas’ “Star Wars”, this poem was written on May 4, a few days after Eugenio Suárez’s four-home-run game.
Lou Gehrig wore the number 4.
And he batted fourth in the Yankees lineup.
Columbia Lou was the first in baseball’s
Modern Era to hit four home runs in a game.
Star Wars: A slugger in such a zone.
If ever someone deserved four more decades,
It was The Iron Horse, who died too young.
Imagine how many more innings he would’ve played
If ALS hadn’t stopped his consecutive games at 2,130.
Star Wars: A stalwart in such a streak.
On July 4, 1939, in Yankee Stadium,
At the close of Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day,
The Quiet Hero declared himself the
“Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth.”
Star Wars: A baseball saint in such a state.