Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio
Joseph Paul DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "the Yankee Clipper", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak, a record that still stands...
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When order was finally restored, ... Casey was like a raging wild man. He poured over two strikes, and I singled off the next pitch. Tommy stopped at second.
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It is an interesting coincidence. I guess I am following in his footsteps, ... 'Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you?' I'll tell people my name and they don't get it.
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I would hang every human being who possesses a drop of rebel blood in their veins.
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I'm just a ballplayer 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.
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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best.
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A ball player's got to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues.
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Then Mr. Gehrig is a badly underpaid player.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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It's got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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There's always some youngster coming up- they'll find somebody.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.
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You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'