Joe DiMaggio ... run helped the Yankees beat Boston 5-4, and he went on to bat .500 in their crucial three-game series. It was as if he'd never been gone. DiMaggio decided to call it quits ...

September: The 32-year-old Babe Ruth hits home run number 60 ... recommends his kid brother, Joe. October: In his first full season with the San Francisco Seals, DiMaggio hits ...

At the time Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe met, their careers were on different trajectories. DiMaggio’s star was fading; Monroe’s was rising. Joe was done with baseball, and Marilyn had no ...

From "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life" Editor's note: ESPN.com is running excerpts from Richard Ben Cramer's Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life recently published by Simon & Schuster. This is the first ...