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Gehrig's speech by current Yankee players, Goldsmith himself threw out the ceremonial first pitch. At the event, entitled MLB 4 ALS Awareness, all on-field personnel wore patches with Lou Gehrig's Number 4 on them. Four major non-profit organizations teamed with Major League
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Commissioner Bud Selig issued a statement following Goldsmith's death. Major League Baseball dedicated Game 5 of the World Series to Michael Goldsmith; a spot aired during the seventh inning encouraging fans to support ALS charities. Notice of his death ran in many newspapers, lauding
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Goldsmith had been voted "Best
Professor of the Year" by the student body six times, in 1985-1986, 1991–1992, 1998–1999, 2005–2006, 2007–2008, and 2008-2009. Given the unusual circumstance of a New York Jew teaching at the Mormon university's law school, rumors circulated for many years that
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