Joe DiMaggio only ever asked one person to sign a baseball for him — Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1987, the Yankee Clipper was invited by the Reagan White House to a state dinner honoring the Russian leader, ...

Rosalie Mercurio DiMaggio, a Sicilian immigrant, bore nine children, three of whom became Major League Baseball center fielders. Since the boys’ father, San Francisco fisherman Giuseppe, considered ...

It started on May 15, 1941, with a single against Eddie Smith of the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. Seventy-five years later, Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak remains baseball’s most iconic record.

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Throughout baseball history, there have been many legendary streaks that defined endurance and consistency in the game. From June 1, 1925, to April 30, 1939, Lou Gehrig played in 2,130 straight games ...

You have probably heard about the legendary Yankees baseball player, Joe DiMaggio, who blew America away with his record-breaking 56-game hitting streak during WWII. Now is the perfect time to learn ...

Writing about Joe DiMaggio’s career on the diamond is a bit like writing about a great work of art: every time you touch on an especially memorable aspect, two or three more present themselves as ...

Tyler Christensen (10) of DiMaggio Baseball/Boonton is doused with water after getting the walk-off hit to win 1-0 during the Last Dance World Series between the DiMaggio Baseball/Boonton and Mountain ...

“Here’s the pitch, swung on — belted! It’s a long one deep into left center — back goes Gionfriddo! Back- back-back-back-back-back. . .he makes a one-handed catch against the bullpen! Ohhh-hooo, ...

California freshman baseball player Mattias Di Maggio is related to the great Joe DiMaggio, and is already living up to the name. The last name DiMaggio is so well known in the baseball world, the ...

Eyed through the lens of statistics, the DiMaggio diamond doesn’t reveal its true brilliance. His .325 lifetime batting average is impressive, but it doesn’t compare with that of Ty Cobb’s (.366) or ...