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Baseball

kairos12

(13,332 posts) Thu Sep 14, 2017, 09:49 AM Sep 2017

Dom Dimaggio

In 1950 led the AL in stolen bases with----15.

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Dom Dimaggio (Original Post) kairos12 Sep 2017 OP

Would have, could have, should have been Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #1

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Fri Sep 15, 2017, 12:49 PM

Sep 2017

One could make the argument he would have made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame if he didn't spend his potentially most productive years in the Navy.

He had a cool 34-game hitting streak going in 1949 (it remains a Red Sox record). His streak ended when a damned Yankee center fielder caught a fly that should have dropped in for a hit. The center fielder was his brother, Joe.

1949 photo, the year of Dom's hitting streak

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