Dom DiMaggio Passes Away at 92

[BoSox21]

BOSTON (AP) — 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.

 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixes5f9v_nw12-BbxuNWMvOl3rEAD98223M03

[Youk Of The Nation]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090508&content_id=4623958&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

Here's the mlb.com article as well. Very sad, he was always a great guy, very underrated player of his time being overshadowed by a lot of bigger names...one of the Red Sox greats who will be missed.

[BoSox21]

Yup, sadly he will always be overshadowed by his brother's career which is a shame cause most guys can only dream of putting together the kind of career Dom DiMaggio did and ideally, a lot of the younger posters on this site will look at the thread title, think "Joe DiMaggio's brother played for the Sox?", look up his numbers, read up on how much he got out of such a little body and maybe it'll further enhance his legacy a little bit.

[Cocos Disciples]

RIP. He was very good friends with Ted and Pesky, right?

[Youk Of The Nation]

Yeah, there was even a very good book about them. And BoSox, you're right, it is sad that a lot of young people probably don't know Joe DiMaggio even had a brother.

[Cocos Disciples]

Yeah, Halberstam wrote a good one about those three and Bobby Doerr: The Teammates

[26 to 6]

RIP, Dom was a class act and of course the brother of my all-time favorite Yankee. Sad to see him go.

[26 to 6]

Anyone know if Vince is still alive or have the 3 DiMaggio's all died by now?

[Cocos Disciples]

He died in 1986.

[RobiForMVP]

R.I.P Dom...

[msubulldogs21]

Sad news.

 

I have it but haven't read it yet, but Summer of '49 is supposed to be an awesome book and has a lot about Joe and Dom in there. Everyone I know says it's one of the better books they've ever read.