Lou Gehrig Day: A Discussion with ‘Luckiest Man’ Author Jonathan Eig, hosted by WXRT’s Lin Brehmer

Wednesday, June 2
12pm CDT

Major League Baseball is officially honoring Lou Gehrig Day at ballparks across the country on June 2 and 3. To commemorate the occasion, please join us for a very special discussion with two longtime friends of the Les Turner ALS Foundation: Jonathan Eig, acclaimed New York Times best selling author of ‘Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig,’ and Lin Brehmer, renowned Chicago DJ and radio personality, and current host of WXRT’s midday show. During the 30-minute program, Jonathan will discuss what went into writing ‘Luckiest Man,’ who Lou Gehrig was on and off the field, his diagnosis and battle with ALS, and the lasting legacy of the man forever remembered as the “Iron Horse.”

‘Luckiest Man’ is the definitive account of the life and death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig, and won the Casey Award for best baseball book of the year in 2006.

Jonathan Eig is the author of five books, three of them New York Times best sellers. His most recent work, ‘Ali: A Life,’ won the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting. He was born in Brooklyn and graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. A former staff writer for The Wall Street Journal, Jonathan has also written for The New York Times, The New Yorker online and The Washington Post. Prior to The Wall Street Journal, he worked as a feature writer for Chicago Magazine and as a news reporter for The Dallas Morning News and The New Orleans Times-Picayune. His books have been published in more than a dozen languages. www.JonathanEig.com

Lin Brehmer is a radio DJ for Chicago’s 93XRT. He came to 93XRT in 1984 as the Music Director. From 1991 to 2020 he was the morning DJ. Lin currently hosts the midday show from 10 am – 2:30 pm. He is the biggest baseball fan you know. Bats left, throws left.