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Hypothetical Cinch. On the other hand, Casey Stengel, 57, for years baseball's No. 1 buffoon, had stopped clowning. He had not been thrown out of a game all season. When his star, Joe DiMaggio, was counted out with a sore heel before the season opened, Casey camouflaged his fears. A knowing wink was all anybody got out of him though Casey knew least of anybody what he was winking about...
Last week, to the delight of Joe DiMaggio and of U.S. baseball in general, the doctors gave him the green light; Joe was ready to take his turn at bat again. Outfielder DiMaggio, down to a lithe, trim 195, put on his uniform and went to the bench with the team. Exuberantly, he wrestled with Teammate Charlie Keller, clowned with Phil Rizzuto, scuffled with other teammates. Nobody had ever seen reserved, 34-year-old Joe act so coltish...
...trotted onto the field at Boston's Fenway Park for the first of a three-game series with the Red Sox, DiMaggio was far from mid-season physical condition, but a load had been taken off his mind and he seemed to feel nine feet tall. In his first time at bat, he lashed out a sharp single. The next time, he slammed a home run, drove in the runs that won the game. Red Sox fans came to their feet and gave him one of the loudest and longest ovations ever heard in Fenway Park. Joe was back...
...team back in the game. Three innings later he homered again, to win it. After the game, Joe Dugan, an old Yankee third baseman who used to play with Ruth and Gehrig, rushed into the pandemonium in the Yankee dressing room and planted a kiss on DiMaggio's forehead. "Just had to do it," Dugan explained, "I've never seen anybody who could surpass this guy." On the third day, Joe whomped homer No. 4 to confound the Red Sox and sweep the series. After the sportwriters ran out of superlatives, all the great DiMaggio could...
...Like a Beautiful Day in May-not to be confused with Un bel dl DiMaggio (see SPORT...