Former Red Sox star Dom DiMaggio dies at 92

[joeybee12]

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30637260/

MARION, Mass. - Dominic DiMaggio, the bespectacled Boston Red Sox center fielder who was overshadowed by his older brother Joe’s Hall of Fame career, died early Friday at his Massachusetts home. He was 92.

DiMaggio was surrounded by his family at his death, according to his wife, Emily. She did not give a cause of death but said that DiMaggio had been ill lately.

“He was the most wonderful, warm, loving man,” his wife of 61 years said. “He adored his children, and we all adored him.”

DiMaggio was a seven-time All Star who still holds the record for the longest consecutive game hitting streak in Boston Red Sox history.

Known as the “Little Professor” because of his eyeglasses and 5-foot-9, 168-pound frame, DiMaggio hit safely in 34 consecutive games in 1949. The streak was broken on Aug. 9 when his big brother caught a sinking liner in the eighth inning of a 6-3 Red Sox win over the Yankees.

The younger DiMaggio also had a 27-game hitting streak in 1951, which still ranks as the fifth longest in Red Sox history. Joe set the major league record with a 56-game hitting streak with the Yankees in 1941

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And from all accounts, a much nicer guy that his more famous brother. 92 is a good long life....R.I.P.

[Captain Hilts]

1. We got that discussion going here...touch 'em all, Dom.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3867629

[Captain Hilts]

2. The pressures on Dom were different from those on Joe.

It's not really a fair comparison.

[joeybee12]

4. Naw, Joe was a freeper...refused to shake Clinton's hand...

...he really had nutjob values.

[Captain Hilts]

5. He really isolated himself to get away from fans. Kinda like Howard Hughes and Elvis to a lesser

degree.

The pressures on Dom were much lighter.

[joeybee12]

6. Still, he was a right-winger...and, quite frankly, the spotlight on someone like

him would have been 1000x brighter in this day and age...

[Gemini Cat]

3. RIP Dom!

A fine player and person.

[Mopar151]

7. I met his son a few times at college

Nice, very low key, I only found out "who he is" from his friends.