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, ...

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.

Throughout baseball history, there have been many legendary streaks that defined endurance and consistency in the game. From ...

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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 ...

Major League Baseball’s opening day is here and what better way to honor the day than to remember a famous baseball player and his time on the Central Coast. We are talking about Joe DiMaggio.With the ...

“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, ...

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 ...

Sports heroes are supposed to play for the love of the game, at least at first, even if the money comes later and fame becomes its own pastime. Rare is the star athlete who just falls into it — who ...

YOUNTVILLE – The Napa Valley Crushers dropped the opening game of the Joe DiMaggio Baseball State Tournament to the Half Moon Bay Birdmen, 7-3, on Thursday evening at Cleve Borman Field. On a hot ...

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 ...