Joe DiMaggio played the game at least a couple of levels higher than the rest of baseball. A lot of guys, all you had to see to know they were great was a stat sheet. DiMaggio, you had to see. It wasn’t only numbers on a page—although they were there too—it was a question of command, style, grace.
—Jim Murray
At the beginning of 1936, the United States was still in ravages of the Great Depression. The unemployment rate was nearly 20 percent. The summer of 1936 was the hottest on record in the United States. Eight states experienced temperatures of 110 degrees or greater, including over 120 degrees in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Kansas. As many as 5,000 Americans died from the heat. The dust bowl battered the ...
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