The Streak: How Joe DiMaggio Became America's Hero
DiMaggio was the greatest all round player I saw But Joe DiMaggio's career cannot be summed up in numbers and awards It might sound corny but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country Ted Williams left fielder Boston Red Sox
I m just a ball player with one ambition and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win I ve never played any other way Joe DiMaggio center fielder New York Yankees
It all started quietly like a conversation with Joe DiMaggio himself One shy single hit to left field smack in the middle of May the fifteenth The Yankees Joe's team lost 13 to 1 It wasn't news Instead the headlines in 1941 shouted about the war spreading like a fever through Europe No one knew it but that one hit was something special the start of the most perfect summer in
