Eponymous Baseball-Related Disease Names Not in OED

[Shapiro, Fred]

Many judges have continued to serve long after their mind stopped functioning...

Fred Shapiro



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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Cohen, Gerald Leonard [gcohen at MST.EDU]
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:14 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Eponymous Baseball-Related Disease Names Not in OED

Years ago I read the autobiography of boxer Rocky Graziano.  As a teenager he got into trouble with the law and was brought to juvenile court, where the judge was Lou Gehrig. And I remember reading that Gehrig continued this service, even when he couldn't lift his arms any more.  Clearly his mind was funtioning very well despite his terrible illness; otherwise the court would not have let him serve as judge.

Gerald Cohen

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Message from Laurence Horn, Sat 8/28/2010 8:00 PM:

<snip>
"...my neurologist colleagues also note that he [Lou Gehrig] didn't seem to
have the cognitive deficits associated with the "punchdrunk fighter"
syndrome, FWIW.
<snip>

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