This is what baseball is all about. Today in History.

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Real Estate Agent with Oakstone Properties, Homes in Richmond VA

May 15, 1941 begins one of the longest lasting, and perhaps one of the hardest to surpass records in baseball history.  That was the 1st of the 56 consecutive games where famed all-star Joe DiMaggio achieved at least one base hit.  I think I am correct in saying that a few hitters have had successful streaks of games with at least one hit that lasted for 35 games or so since then, but no one has really threatened to match that record set long ago by "Jolting" Joe DiMaggio (that is one cool nickname).  To quote Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, "Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you".

Nate Rowe
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Comments (5)

Brian Schulman
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Lancaster PA - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster County PA RealEstate Expert 717-951-5552

Joe Dimaggio was one of the great ones.  A great athlete and a gentleman.

May 15, 2009 12:36 PM
Teri Eckholm
Boardman Realty - White Bear Lake, MN
REALTOR Serving Mpls/St Paul North & East Metro

Nate--It is that time of year where all thoughts are of baseball...Thanks for the interesting bit of history.

May 15, 2009 01:07 PM
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio?  The game will never be the same. 

May 15, 2009 11:12 PM
Bill Somerset
Re/Max Realty Group - Dover, NH
ABR, e-PRO - Realtor - NH Real Estate Agent

He was a great player and I hope no one will ever beat that streak.  The game is simply not the same anymore.

May 15, 2009 11:53 PM
Tony Orefice
NorthGroup Real Estate/www.TonyORealtor.com - Concord, NC
Realtor- Cabarrus County, NC

My son and I were talking about the sport of baseball and it's history the other day. It's true, baseball ain't what it use to be! Too bad!

May 16, 2009 01:31 AM