SEATTLE — Major League Baseball marked its fifth annual Lou Gehrig Day on June 2, with all 30 clubs participating in a league-wide tribute to the legendary Yankees first baseman and raising awareness for ALS, the disease that bears his name.

The Seattle Mariners will honor the occasion on June 3, when players, coaches, and umpires will wear special No. 4 patches—styled in Yankees colors and font—alongside red "4-ALS" wristbands.

ALS remains a progressive and incurable disease affecting thousands. The annual event continues to unite the baseball world in remembrance, advocacy, and hope for a cure.

It's an emotional day for Mariners employees within the organization too. Kalli Rutherford, manager of experiential marketing, will attend. Her father Doug was diagnosed for ALS in 2011.

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