Who's joe dimaggio? American sports legend

Regarding joe dimaggio's100th birthday, let's take a look at the life of this imperfect but fascinating American sports legend.

1914165438+1October 25th, joe dimaggio was born in a poor Sicilian immigrant family. When he grew up, he became the most famous player in baseball, an elegant outfielder, with an imperial demeanor outside the court, but behind his impeccable appearance there was a complicated man. The following are the facts about the life of this imperfect but fascinating American sports legend.

Joe dimaggio ranks fourth among five boys and eighth among nine children. It is expected that he will join the family fishing business when he grows up. This brought trouble to the shy boy, who was frightened by the smell of dead fish on his father's boat. The road to better pastures was paved by Vince, DiMaggio's third child. Vince challenged their father to a baseball career for the first time. He found a place for his talented brother in a local minor league called the San Francisco Seals. Dimaggio's success in the SEALs and the new york Yankees proved to his father that a player can live a comfortable life, and Vince and his little brother Dominic finally made great achievements in the league.

Marital dilemma

Long before Norma Joan Baker became Marilyn Monroe, Dimaggio fell in love with another beautiful young actress at the beginning of her career. 1937, he met Dorothy Arnold on the set of Manhattan Carousel. Although she had a contract with Universal Pictures, she decided to give up her movie dream and became Madame DiMaggio in June1939165438+1October. Unfortunately, the baseball star was not interested in giving up his bachelor's luxurious nightlife, and the birth of his only son, Joe III, failed to control him. The two divorced in 1944, and DiMaggio's reconciliation efforts ended when he remarried in 1946.

Baseball game

Baseball fans associate Dimaggio with 194 1 season's record of 56 consecutive hits by 56 teams, but a famous company hopes the Yankees can score another number. When he ended his winning streak without hitting on July 17, DiMaggio revealed that Heinz had offered 10000 dollars to support his 57 varieties of popular slogans, as long as he collected the final elusive works. If you count last week's All-Star Game, DiMaggio did play 57 games in a row. He also started a new winning streak of 16. After the old game was stolen, 73 games gave him an astonishing 72 wins, half of which was 154 baseball season.

DiMaggio was drafted into the army.

With the Second World War raging on the other side of the globe, DiMaggio was called up in February 1943 to quell his whispers of evading responsibility. This experience was not painful, because he played baseball and worked as a physical trainer instead of going to war, but DiMaggio did not perform well in serving Uncle Sam. He complained about losing $40,000 a year with the Yankees and worried about the management of his restaurant and his broken marriage. Despite posting in leisure stations in Southern California, Hawaii and Atlantic City, this athlete, who is usually in good condition, was hospitalized several times due to stress and gastrointestinal diseases before he was discharged from the hospital in September. 1945.

have stage fright

At the end of his career, the old batter presided over the lounge of joe dimaggio radio program and joe dimaggio children's TV program. In the program, he asked some trivial questions, read emails and interviewed sports reporters. After retiring, he continued to host the Yankees' pre-game programs, but sadly, DiMaggio was more comfortable with fastballs at 90 miles per hour than with TV cameras. He is clumsy and has no ability to improvise. Once, he refused to go on TV because of a lost reminder card, which only listed his name and greeting. DiMaggio's hosting activities lasted less than a year, but later as a spokesman for Mr. Coffee, he found his place on TV.

Twisted love

DiMaggio's famous love affair with Monroe began with a date in 1952, and they got married in 1954+0. But unlike Dorothy Arnold, Monroe has no intention of giving up her film career and becoming a doting housewife. Her lively and sexy symbol brings the worst side of DiMaggio's jealousy impulse. Her famous dressing scene in The Seven-Year Itch caused a heated argument. After another outbreak, she ended their 274-day marital mental abuse for the following reasons. They resumed their relationship after 196 1 divorced Norman miller, and DiMaggio thought they would remarry before her sudden death in August 1962. For the next 20 years, he sent flowers to her cemetery in Los Angeles every week.

Simon

As the fans sang everywhere, "joe dimaggio, where have you been? People all over the country have turned their lonely eyes to you. " Mrs Robinson by Simon and garfinkel topped the music charts with 1968. Joe was not moved by these compliments. He suspected that he was patronized and considered suing songwriter paul simon for using his name without permission. When they met a few years later, DiMaggio asked the meaning of the lyrics and used his TV advertisement as evidence to prove that he didn't actually go anywhere. Simon said that he only said that he longed for an earlier period, and there were still heroes to worship in America. This explanation seems to satisfy the sensitive hitter.