His left heel had been operated on in 1947, when doctors removed ... slow. . ." Despite his diminished powers, DiMaggio helped the Yankees win that year’s World Series against the New York ...

Joe DiMaggio, the elegant Yankee Clipper ... He played for 10 pennant winners and nine World Series champions. Yet DiMaggio's exceptional numbers don't account fully for his almost legendary ...

He is the eighth of nine children of Giuseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio, a Sicilian couple who immigrated to America at the turn of the century. October: For the first time, a World Series game is ...

He won three MVPs (1939, 1941 and 1947). His fame was recorded in ... his first four seasons plus a 16-3 record in the World Series. Joe DiMaggio was such a prima donna, he almost seemed like ...