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  1.                                  heard of it before, but it 
  2.                                  soon became knownΓÇö
  3.                                  and is still knownΓÇö as 
  4.                                  ΓÇ£Lou GehrigΓÇÖs disease." 
  5.  
  6. With his baseball career tragically shortened, 
  7. people marveled at LouΓÇÖs impressive career 
  8. statistics: In 2,164 games, Lou had hit 493 
  9. homers and 535 doubles; he had scored
  10. 1,888 runs and driven in 1,995 more; his
  11. lifetime batting average was .340. His 23
  12. grand-slam home runs are still a major 
  13. league record. Lou Gehrig died on June 2,
  14. 1941, at the age of 37.
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