Word: vitte
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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Joseph Paul Di Maggio Jr. learned baseball on San Francisco's windy Funston playground, baseball kindergarten of big-league players like Oscar Vitt, Alvin Crowder, Umpire Babe Pinelli. One day the playground coach, Edward Hennessey, found him peering through a knothole at the San Francisco Seals, introduced him to their president, Charlie Graham. The Seals tried young Di Maggio at shortstop but he showed a tendency to throw ball to the outfield instead of first base. That was in 1932. In 1933 Joe Di Maggie's older brother Vincent, Seals outfielder, hurt his shoulder, was released...