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56 : Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports / Kostya Kennedy.

by Kennedy, Kostya.

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Sports Illustrated Books, c2011.

796.357092 D582k

DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999.

New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.

Alternate title:

Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports

367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-357) and index.

Single swing -- One day in May -- Perfect, imperfect -- The Italian -- Big brother -- America's voice -- A pair of Sox -- The loss -- The view from here: thinking can be dangerous -- Like a bullet -- Seeing Rapid Robert -- Just that way -- The fight -- To view from here: everybody needs a little luck -- Something inside -- Mrs. Joe -- Next to Lefty -- Not his alone -- The view from here: the way of all streaks -- The street -- An ornery offering -- Bedlam -- Now, Wee Willie -- Aglow -- The view from here: the challenger, Pete Rose -- American beauty -- Ascended -- They didn't know then -- Cleveland -- And the streak goes on forever -- The view from here: what are the odds?

Recounts Joe DiMaggio's streak during the summer of 1941 and how it found its way into countless lives.

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