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The news media had a field/year in 1941. They hyped up Joltin' Joe DiMaggio's record-setting hitting streak - and rightly so. They called Ted Williams' run to .400 - 'Teddy Ballgame' and, after two decades of losing, ... 56 Game Hitting Streak - Joe DiMaggio 1941; Yankee Center-fielder stays hot for two months!
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Did you know that during the first season (1988) of Star Trek: The Next Generation in an episode titled The Big Goodbye they mentioned that Joe DiMaggio's streak was broken by a shortstop named Buck Bokai of the London Kings in the year 2026? ... Chuck Klein is next with two 26-game hitting streaks in 1930: May 18,
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Joe DiMaggio was more than the most complete all-around player of his generation. He was more than the player who set one of the game's most cherished records, hitting safely in 56 consecutive games. Baseball has produced many icons, but it has produced only one Joe DiMaggio. ... ALSO SEE; Yankee pride personified;
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Many records of yesteryear, held to even a sliver of the light we cast upon the modern game, lose their sheen. Consider, for example, perhaps the most venerated record in all of sports, the fifty-six-game hitting streak of Joe DiMaggio. ... It was time for their better players to respond, and so DiMaggio did. For two full months,
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He kept getting worse. He wore himself thin. He just couldn't shake himself loose of it." ; Two years later, Sturm as a rookie took over Gehrig's spot. As the starting first baseman for the Yankees, serving as the leadoff batter during Joe DiMaggio's record 56-game hitting streak.
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During his 1941 56-game hitting streak, bandleader Les Brown introduced a song, "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio," that became a popular radio and recording hit. In a song from 1949 hit musical "South Pacific," one of the characters, "Bloody Mary," had skin as "tender as DiMaggio's glove." ... In that series, DiMaggio hit two home runs,
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Every year -- except this one -- since his rookie season in 2001, Rollins told his younger brother, Antwon, he was going to break Joe DiMaggio's major league record 56-game hitting streak. ... Johnny Damon's two steals on one pitch drove the Yankees in Game 4 and will long be remembered.
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It was July 14, 1970, and baseball’s greatest players were gathered in brand new Riverfront Stadium (opened just two weeks earlier) for the All-Star game. ... No man had seriously challenged Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in the 37 years since he had set it in 1941. ... Related Players; Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Joe Jackson...
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Now it is Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak." Joe DiMaggio's record is clearly the greatest hitting record of all time, but for a few minutes, on a muggy July afternoon, ... Daley, Arthur. "Yankee Star Hits 44th Game in Row; DiMaggio Bats Safely in Two Contests to Equal Keeler's All-Time Major Mark." The New York Times.
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