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Originally posted by Not Bob
Apropos of nothing, I learned from reading his biography that Joe DiMaggio was really bothered by the song -- "I haven't gone anywhere," he reportedly groused. "What are they talking about?"
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Did you also learn that Joe DiMaggio was an ass, not to mention overrated (probably due to the abundance of italian-american sportswriters and NY baseball fans). His HR/SO ratios are good (and it's all about the ratios), but his other numbers (particularly OBP and OPS) are very very good, but hardly worthy of the reverence he's given.
Now for his importance as a cultural figure, I'll leave that to the Michael Chabon set.
