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...collection are bygone greats like pitcher Sandy Koufax and today's stars like Ken Griffey Jr. The light-blue signature of the legendary Stan Musial is barely legible on one dingy yellow ball. Most are bright white, though, including the one signed by both rival sluggers Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams. There's a case for the totems offered by today's most popular player. "Best of Luck in 2000. Your friend, Mark McGwire" reads a bat and a ball from the St. Louis home-run king...
...what seems like thousands of biographical facts about her subject. She changes, for no discernible reason, some details, including the names of the actress's first husband and first Hollywood agent. Hundreds of other people in Monroe's life appear accurately named or identified by easily decoded initials. Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller are "the ex-Athlete" and "the Playwright." You can probably guess who is "the President...
...DIMAGGIO Where have you gone, eBay? Joltin' Joe's items falter at Christie's auction...
Fifty years ago, when baseball was king, Tatis' feat would have been news, 36-point headline news. About similar baseball feats, songs have been written (Joltin' Joe DiMaggio), legends born (the shot heard 'round the world), adjectives coined (Ruthian). Ballplayers once had candy bars named after them. Today evening newscasts don't even bother to give the scores...
...Yankees took the field for Game Four of the World Series, Christie's auction house opened bidding on an "eternity band" given by Joe DiMaggio to MARILYN MONROE. The bidding proved more competitive than the game, with the diamond ring scoring $770,000 from an anonymous buyer. Among the less eternal items, which nevertheless sold big during the auction of Monroe memorabilia, were a makeup case (with used cosmetics), which sold for $266,000, and six pictures of her dog that fetched $222,500. Singer Mariah Carey laid out $660,000 for a piano, and designer Tommy Hilfiger ponied...