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...that the big Italian from San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf was approaching a record that had eluded Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and other great batsmen, Big Joe's hits have been the biggest news in U.S. sport. Radio programs were interrupted for Di Maggio bulletins. Crowds jammed the ball parks where he played. Three days before, when he broke the modern record of 41, set by George Sisler in 1922, 31,000 parboiled fans crammed into Washington's Griffith Stadium. Day before, when he tied Keeler's all-time major-league record...
...records of Big Joe and Wee Willie were not really comparable (in Wee Willie's day, the rules were different-for instance, fouls did not count as strikes). Nevertheless, baseball fans insisted on comparisons. In 179 times at bat, Di Maggio got 67 hits (including twelve doubles, three triples, 13 home runs) for a total of 124 bases. In 201 times at bat, Keeler got 82 hits (including eleven doubles, ten triples, no homers) for a total of 113 bases. Di Maggio's batting average was .374, Keeler...
...Said Di Maggio: "You've got to give some of the credit to Joe McCarthy. He let me swing on those three-and-nothing pitches [three balls, no strikes]. Ordinarily he wouldn't do that. He was right with me all the time...
...batting streak, the Yankees managed to win their share of ball games. On May 15, when Joe's bat got hot, the Yankees were in fourth place in the American League pennant race, six and a half games behind the league-leading Cleveland Indians. Last week, after Di Maggio's historic homer helped his team win their 20th game in 24, the Yankees were in first place, three games in front of Cleveland. And only two days away was July 4, the traditional day when the league-leader foreshadows the winner of the pennant...
...week's end, Di Maggio had stretched his string to 48 successive games and was still going...