…ggio of the NY Yankees became the first $100,000/year baseball player. Joe DiMaggio, known as the “Yankee Clipper,” was a supreme baseball player – an excellent fielder as well as hitter. Hall of Fame player, owner and manager Connie Mack called DiMaggio “the best player that ever lived.” His teammate All-Star Yogi Berra said: “I wish everybody had the drive he had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I’d never seen him dive for a ball, ever…
…ember 1954, on the set of the Billy Wilder’s The Seven Year Itch, her skirt blew up with air from a New York City subway grate as a crowd of onlookers and press gathered. The crowd cheered and DiMaggio, who was on set, became irate. Wikipedia DiMaggio and Monroe were divorced in October 1954, just 274 days after they were married. Source: History.com…
…Joe DiMaggio; Wikimedia Commons In 1941 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio’s streak pulled his team out of an early slump, and led them to the World Series in which he received the Most Valuable Player Award….