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Post by Buckeye Dale on May 26, 2016 10:48:26 GMT -5
I was listening to MLB Network the other day, and the commentator was talking about the Red Sox' Jackie Bradley and his hitting streak, as it was approaching DiMaggio's half-way point.
She threw out that when Joltin' Joe's hitting streak ended as it did, it cost him over $10 k (a lot of money back then)...
Had it gone ONE MORE GAME, he had a deal in the works with the Heinz 57 Company...
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Post by Mickey34jb on May 26, 2016 17:01:22 GMT -5
I was listening to MLB Network the other day, and the commentator was talking about the Red Sox' Jackie Bradley and his hitting streak, as it was approaching DiMaggio's half-way point. She threw out that when Joltin' Joe's hitting streak ended as it did, it cost him over $10 k (a lot of money back then)... Had it gone ONE MORE GAME, he had a deal in the works with the Heinz 57 Company... Finally, on July 17 in Cleveland, in a night game in front of 67,468 fans, DiMaggio went hitless against Cleveland pitchers Al Smith and Jim Bagby, Jr. In his first three at-bats, DiMaggio grounded out to third twice against Smith, both on hard-hit balls, and then walked. With Bagby pitching in the eighth inning, DiMaggio hit into a double play, ending a Yankee rally and the greatest hitting streak in major league history. DiMaggio confided to a teammate after the game that by failing to get a hit he had also lost the $10,000 promised to him by Heinz ketchup for matching the number “57” featured on their labels. |
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Post by mscott59 on May 27, 2016 8:16:16 GMT -5
I was listening to MLB Network the other day, and the commentator was talking about the Red Sox' Jackie Bradley and his hitting streak, as it was approaching DiMaggio's half-way point. She threw out that when Joltin' Joe's hitting streak ended as it did, it cost him over $10 k (a lot of money back then)... Had it gone ONE MORE GAME, he had a deal in the works with the Heinz 57 Company... Finally, on July 17 in Cleveland, in a night game in front of 67,468 fans, DiMaggio went hitless against Cleveland pitchers Al Smith and Jim Bagby, Jr. In his first three at-bats, DiMaggio grounded out to third twice against Smith, both on hard-hit balls, and then walked. With Bagby pitching in the eighth inning, DiMaggio hit into a double play, ending a Yankee rally and the greatest hitting streak in major league history. DiMaggio confided to a teammate after the game that by failing to get a hit he had also lost the $10,000 promised to him by Heinz ketchup for matching the number “57” featured on their labels. ken keltner was that 3rd baseman who robbed dimaggio of a couple doubles down the line. both plays at 1st base were close according to reports and interviews since. there was a sports illustrated story on this a few years back... keltner apparently played extremely deep, on the cut of the outfield grass, when dimaggio was up. joe could have easily bunted and gotten a hit to extend the streak, but that wasn't his style. couple other tidbits... that crowd of 67k+ in cleveland that night in '41 was the largest in the majors of the season. and the yankees still won the game. of all the many great individual records in sports, that's one i think will never be broken. another, lesser known, is edwin moses. he won 122 straight 400 meter hurdles races over a 10 year stretch from '77-'87. just a fyi. lol |
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