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Description edit
Seventy baseball seasons ago, on a May afternoon at Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio lined a hard single to leftfield. It was the quiet beginning to the most resonant baseball achievement of all time. Starting that day, the vaunted Yankee centerfielder kept on hitting-at least one hit in game... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Joe Dimaggio: main character, baseball player that plays for the yankees
- Foxx: Add a description of this character.
- Dorothy: Joe's wife and an actress
- Mccarthy: Yankees manager
- Lou Gehrig: A former yankee who dies in the beginning
- Gomez: Yankees pitcher and one of Joe's best friends
- Crosetti
- Rizzuto: Young player in a slump on the Yankees
- Ted Williams
- Dominic: Joe's brother, plays for the Red Sox
- Henrich
- Daniel: Yankees scorecard keeper
- Giuseppe: Joe's father, is a fisherman in California
- George Sisler
- Pete Rose: Holds record for most hits, indirectly in the story
- Roosevelt: Current president
- Keeler: Holds record for most hits in early 1900's
- Babe Ruth
- Keller
- Babich
- Rigney
- Greenberg
- Rosalie
- Dykes
- Vince: Joe's brother, also plays in the major leagues
- Keltner
- Feller
- Tom
- Marie
- Dickey
- Conn
- Gordon
- Muncrief
- Richie
- Hornsby
- Passeau
- Molitor
- Rollins
- Rolfe
- Bina
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Chicago
- Newark
- Yankee Stadium
- Cleveland
- Philadelphia
- Spatolas
- America
- Washington
- St. Louis
- Detroit
- Cobb
- Italy
- Brooklyn
- Boston
- Manhattan
- Cincinnati
- California
- Queens
- Duluth
- Hollywood
- Griffith Stadium
- D.c.
- Grotto
- Lodi
- New Jersey
- Germany
- Britain
- London
- North Beach
- Comiskey Park
- Ocean City
- United States
- Shibe Park
- Sportsman’s Park
- South Jamaica
- N.j.
- Kansas City
- Seals Stadium
- Florida
- Jackson Heights
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 796
Subjects edit
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › People, A-Z › ( D ) › DiMaggio, Joe
- Books › History › Americas › United States
- Books › Sports › Baseball
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