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Joe DiMaggio’s Streak, Game 51: Did He Get a Hit?

class="Headline">Game 51: July 12, 1941

Dom DiMaggio used to tell the stories of how he sometimes felt like he didn’t exist during his brother Joe’s immortal hitting streak.

Most of his interviews were with media members who wanted to know what it was like growing up as Joe DiMaggio’s brother. What tips did Joe give him during a season? What was Joe like? What does Joe eat? Joe this and Joe that.

Friends in his Boston neighborhood, people at the ballpark, heck, teammates (!) would come up to the seven-time All-Star and ask, “How’d DiMaggio do? Did he get a hit?”

Dom’s bespectacled eyes would flash and ...

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