By Meena Kar
Nov. 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) World Series Game 5 between Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees was dedicated to the Major League Baseball fan, Michael Goldsmith, who died recently. According to the reports of the sources, Mr. Goldsmith’s age was 58 years at the time of his death.

World Series Game 5 was also dedicated to Lou Gehrig, a renowned player of the Major League Baseball who had died seven decades ago from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis disease or the ALS disease. World Series Game 5 was dedicated in the honor of these two famous individuals so that more people become aware of the disease. Mr. Goldsmith had been a major part of the ALS disease awareness campaign and ultimately died after suffering from this disease. Sources reported that the MLB fan, had survived three years from this disease before his death on Sunday.

It was stated that Mr. Goldsmith was under medical care in Albany’s St.Peter’s Hospital. His family members stated that he was admitted in this hospital from the month of August and had his last breathe there. Respiratory failure after suffering from ALS disease has been reported as the cause of his death.

ALS disease has claimed several lives earlier. This progressive disease damages all nerve cells, which controls the movement of voluntary muscles in the body. The news of Michael Goldsmith’s death has made people upset. The MLB fan used to write articles in a column of Newsweek My Turn. He has written some excellent pieces which had ultimately become Major League Baseball’s “game-changer”. With his death, the MLB has lost of one its major admirers.