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...
kids league today
Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.
giving
There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
baseball fun pain
I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates. I had a poor year, but even if I had hit .350, this would have been my last year. I was full of aches an pains and it had become a chore for me to play. When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.
team winning six
When you have five or six potential hall of famers on your team ... that's when you win penants and championships. The only thing you have to be concerned about is getting the ballplayers to bed on time.
actors
I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.
baseball shots
I thought he had been shot.
play everyday may
I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
kids play want
The reason I play so hard is that somewhere out there is some kid who has never seen me play before, and I don't want to disappoint him.
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It's great to be young and be a Yankee!
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
sports kids league
If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.
family sports baseball
A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.
sports baseball fun
When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.