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...other hand, the Yankees have little youth and Ed Lopat is their only slow-baller. All they have is more consistent and far more powerful batters, an infinitely superior double-play combination, a sounder and deeper front-line pitching staff, and the human winner, Joe DiMaggio...
...Baseball's Joe DiMaggio, taking a breather from the pennant race, made his bow on television with the Joe DiMaggio Show (Sat. 5:30 p.m., NBC-TV), first in a weekly series for a toymaker (Lionel trains). Looking handsome and assured, the Yankee Clipper showed flashbacks of the 1947 New York-Brooklyn World Series, interviewed teammate Phil Rizzuto on playing shortstop. For the last 5 minutes, DiMaggio turned the program over to a panel of goggle-eyed admirers, seemed to enjoy himself hugely watching Rizzuto answer questions from baseball-minded youngsters. As if Hero DiMag wasn't enough...
Tired Reliables. That the Yankees were even within talking reach of the 1950 pennant was the wonder of the season. Injuries had kept Old Reliable Tommy Henrich (.287 last year) out of the regular line-up most of the season. Joe DiMaggio (hitting .285) was winning games when they counted, but he had been off form all through midseason. Relief Pitcher Joe Page (3 won, 5 lost) was far behind his 1949 performance...
Piled up behind the Tigers were the Yankees, with Joe DiMaggio back in the line-up (see above), and Lou Boudreau's rebuilt Cleveland Indians, spurred on by such rookie sluggers as Third Baseman Al Rosen (33 homers) and First Baseman Luke Easter (21 homers), as well as Centerfielder Larry Doby (nine homers in ten games). After them, in fourth place, were the Boston...
...Star game also brought grief to second-highest-paid Joe DiMaggio ($100,000). Trying to beat out a double play in the 14th inning, he wrenched a thigh muscle, was ordered to rest for a few days...