It said DiMaggio "could not stop quickly and throw hard," and that runners "can taken an extra base on him. . . He can’t run. . . and his ... "He quit because he wasn’t Joe DiMaggio any ...

From "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life" Editor's note: ESPN.com is running excerpts from Richard ... Mantle would never again have that Bonneville speed. In later years, among friends, the Mick ...

He replaced Joe DiMaggio ... The next year, with DiMaggio's retirement, Mantle moved to centerfield. From 1952-60, he averaged 34 homers and 97 RBI. Four times he won home-run titles and in ...

When Joe DiMaggio died, a 57-year old man with a gray pony-tail was one of the select few allowed to attend the family funeral. He was a casket-bearer that day, his face anonymous to the national ...