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Died. Joseph Paul DiMaggio Sr., 77, retired Italian immigrant fisherman who became baseball's most famous father (sons: Joe of the Yankees, Dominic of the Red Sox, and onetime Major-Leaguer Vincent, now player-manager of the Class D Pittsburg, Calif. Diamonds); of a heart ailment; in San Francisco...
...word for the surprising early-season form of the New York Yankees : rhythm. "When the batters are cold, the pitchers are hot, and vice versa." Manager Casey Stengel admitted, in an ecstatic sort of way, that he was baffled. Instead of falling on their faces without the ailing Joe DiMaggio, the Yankees headed west this week after one of their best starts in years: ten wins in 13 games, and with a line-up composed largely of guys named Elmer...
Obviously, it was too good to last; in another month, opposing pitchers would know what to deal the upstarts to cool off their hitting. But by that time, Manager Stengel might be able to toss in DiMaggio and Keller. Last week, just eleven days after the season opened, "Old Case" announced: "This may be just a swallow. . . but I'm going to win the pennant...
...days after DiMaggio's flare-up at the reporters, he talked to them again, and this time sounded more like the old Di-Mag: "I definitely expect to be back in the line-up this season . . . These things have been cured before* and I guess it's just a matter of time...
This week, for the sixth time in his eleven seasons with the Yankees, the big guy would be out of the line-up on opening day. But this time it was no mere strained tendon. As far as baseball was concerned, Joe DiMaggio, one of the greatest outfielders and money hitters in history, was in critical condition...