DiMaggio was superb at all five. For example, Joltin’ Joe swung hard to hit the long ball, yet he didn’t strike out, an anomalous combination in baseball. Most great players perfect one or the ...

Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is widely considered the most untouchable record in sports. It’s such a preposterous record that it’s a mathematical feat to merely calculate ...

At the time Joe DiMaggio ... done with baseball, and Marilyn had no interest in the sport. Yet it was the game that brought the two together. Marilyn had done a few publicity photos with Gus ...

From "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life" Editor's note: ESPN.com is running excerpts from Richard Ben Cramer's Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life recently published by Simon & Schuster. This is the first ...

But Joe and brothers Vince and Dom spent most of their time playing baseball. The elder DiMaggio called it "a bum's game," but he lived to see all three of his boys become professional players.