Army and, 208, 209, 211–14
beauty and grace in, 42–43, 102, 314, 429–30
black players in, 41
as business, 39, 44, 80–81, 83, 458–61
Golden Age of, 460, 462
guaranteed contracts in, 56
holdouts, 81, 84, 114–18, 199–200, 255, 350, 459–60
in Japan, 70, 295, 313, 351, 358, 436
journalists and, see journalists
major and minor leagues, 56
memorabilia, see memorabilia business
MVPs in, 95, 114, 139, 188, 227, 248
myths of, see myths
Non-fraternization Rule in, 125
pensions in, 425
players as property in, 70, 83, 84, 119, 459, 461
present-day problems in, 461–62, 471
promotions in, 222, 242, 294
relief pitching in, 58
reserve clause of, 70, 460–61
rewards of playing, 32, 39, 85
Rookie of the Year awards, 95
salaries in, 92, 102–3, 105, 114–18, 135, 139, 159, 198–99, 255, 258, 315, 454, 461
scouts in, 32–34, 64–66
social life and, 58–59
superstitions in, 174
toughness needed in, 124–26
in western U.S., 56
winners vs. losers in, 91, 96, 126, 139
Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, 375–76, 394, 426, 446, 466, 513
Baseball Register, 152
baseballs:
autographed, 233, 427, 437, 443, 444, 457–58, 479, 493–94, 503, 512, 513
for Joe DiMaggio Day, x, 487, 488–89, 494, 495, 498, 501
Mickey Mantle Commemorative, x, 489
Rawlings and, x, 487
Baseball’s Greatest Living Player, 425, 429–30, 453, 469, 498
Bauer, Hank, 255, 260, 267, 272, 282, 286–87, 290, 303, 306, 312
Bay Meadows Race Track, 426–27
“Beautiful Child, A” (Capote), 326
Beaver, Milt, 451–52
Bechina, Mel, 496
Beeston, Paul, 498
Behrman, Beatrice Alexander, 490–91
Beninati, Carlo, 463
Berardino, John, 169
Berle, Milton, 231, 379n
Berra, Larry “Yogi,” 260, 303, 478
Joe and, 43, 230
memorabilia and, 454, 469
as rookie, 43, 227–28, 229–30
Stengel and, 264
and Yankee ethic, 253–54
in Yankee games, 267, 272, 308–9, 311–12
Betbeze, Yolande, 378–79
Bevens, Bill, 235, 236
Bimbo’s 365 Club, San Francisco, 6, 414
Blackerby, George, 46
Blank, Henry, 243
Bodie, Ping, 66–67
Boffa, Bob, 440
Bogart, Humphrey, 380
Boiardo, Ruggiero “Richie the Boot,” 140–44
Boiardo, Tony Boy, 142
Bolaños, José, 406
Bolton, Michael, 504
Bond, Ward, 152
Bonilla, Bobby, 461, 462
“Bookends” (Simon), 476
Bordagaray, Frenchy, 168, 178
Boston Red Sox, 145, 163–64, 220, 231, 250, 255, 256–57, 265, 266–75, 293, 302, 309–10; see also Williams, Ted
Boudreau, Lou, 185
Bowery Bank, New York, 246–47, 315, 433
Bracco, Henry, 434, 435
Braddock, Jimmy, 112, 113, 115, 116, 134, 193
Branca, Ralph, 234
Brand, Harry, 353
Brando, Marlon, 365, 375
Brissie, Lou, 290
Brody, Sam, 374
Brooklyn Dodgers, 234–36, 274
Brooks, Mel, 481
Brown, Bobby, 260, 282, 291, 309, 425–26, 428
Brown, Joe E., 209
Brown, Johnny Mack, 9
Brown, Sugar, 374, 419
Buitoni Show, The (TV), 327–29
Bumgartner, Bummy, 31
Burke, Dick, 473, 477, 506
Burke, Kathy, 473
Busby, Jim, 300–301
Buscati, Mike, 468
Bush, George, 479–80
Byrne, Tommy, 264, 267–68
Caldwell, Earl, 255
“Calling All Fans!,” 88
Campbell, Judy, 383
Cannon, Jimmy, 80, 285, 477
column by, 251, 270, 302–3, 314
Monroe and, 327, 330, 366
on the town with Joe, 193–95, 244
Cantor, Jerald C., 469, 516–17
Capone, Al, 446
Capote, Truman, 326
Carnera, Primo, 101–2
Carroll, Madeleine, 127
Caruso, Enrico, 133
Case, George, 173
Casey, Hugh, 188
Castellano, Petey, 385
Caughlin, Gene, 72
Caveney, Ike “Jimmy,” 34, 41, 42–43, 44, 45, 48, 63, 65, 67, 70
CBS radio, 294, 315, 327–29
Ceres, Jimmy “Peanuts,” 143, 158, 183, 241–42, 259
Chandler, Spud, 124–25, 221, 253
Chapman, Ben, 84–85, 87
Chapman, Ray, 94
Chapman, Sam, 308
Chicago, National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in, 495–96
Chicago Black Sox scandal, 459
Christie’s auction, 512
Cincinnati Reds, 138–39
Cincinnati Red Stockings, 458–59
Clemente, Roberto, 429
Clifford, Neil, 212
Clift, Harland, 162
Clift, Montgomery, 401
Clima, Joe (father), 24
Clima, Joe (son), 24, 28
Clima, Maria “Mamie” Mercurio, 24
Clinton, Bill, 480, 481
Cobb, Ty, 41, 71, 73, 123–24, 172, 429
Cochrane, Mickey, 89
Cohen, Andy, 67n
Coleman, Jerry, 93, 260, 270, 272, 273, 280–81, 282, 293, 302, 328
Collier’s, 175, 320
Collins, Joe, 282, 285
Confidential Magazine, 373
Conn, Billy, 168
Considine, Bob, 137, 193, 200
Continental Savings Bank, Millbrae, 427, 434, 435
Cooper, Gary, 9, 33, 169, 226
Corriden, John, 250
Corum, Bill, 91
Cosa Nostra, 16–17
Coscarart, Joe, 85
Costello, Frank, 141, 178, 246–47, 304, 315
Costello, Lou, 132, 158, 298
Costner, Kevin, 480, 481–82
Courtney, Alan, 176
Cox, Bobby, 479
Craft, Roy, 348
Cramer, Doc, 172, 173, 174
Cronkite, Walter, 380
Crosby, Bing, 403, 409
Crosetti, Frankie, 76, 171, 252
aging of, 158–59, 220–21
as coach, 285, 307, 314–15
San Francisco to Florida, 78–80
Seals and, 40, 67
in Yankee games, 87, 108, 135, 139, 160, 165
Cukor, George, 410
Curphey, Theodore, 416
Curtis, Tony, 388
Dahlgren, Babe, 135, 159
Daley, Arthur, 314
D’Amato, Paul “Skinny,” 377, 380, 381–83, 409
Daniel, Dan, 80–81, 90
as official scorer, 162, 169
stories on Joe, 81, 83–84, 86, 106, 113, 163, 167, 200, 226, 227, 234, 312–13, 314
stories on Yankees, 84, 135, 163, 201, 285
on war, 160, 200
Danning, Harry, 96
Dark Side of Camelot, The (Hersh), 404
Darvi, Bella, 347
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 418
Dawson, Jim, 244, 298
Dean, Dizzy, 79–80, 90, 124
DeMarco, Tony “Shirts,” 52–53, 61, 62, 105
Dempsey, Jack, 110, 112, 155, 197
Derringer, Paul, 138
Devine, Joe, 66
Dexter, Brad, 364, 371
Dickey, B
ill, 134, 135, 165
in Yankee games, 88, 89, 96, 125, 136, 138, 163
as Yankee manager and coach, 221, 222, 228, 285, 296
Dietrich, Marlene, 325
Dikas, Artie, 58
Dillinger, Bob, 211
DiMaggio, Dominic (brother):
bar owned by, 316
and baseball, 47, 103
childhood of, 7, 10, 18
Joe and, 164, 271–72, 439, 450
and Joe’s illness and death, 502, 506, 507–8, 511
and Joe’s memory, 514, 515
memoir of, 164, 257
and mother’s illness and death, 295–96, 301
and Navy service, 203, 205
and Red Sox, 145, 164, 166, 221, 255, 256–57, 265, 271–72, 284, 310
and restaurant, 227, 439
DiMaggio, Dorothy, see Arnold, Dorothy
DiMaggio, Frances (sister), 18, 146
DiMaggio, Frances Mercurio (aunt), 18
DiMaggio, Giuseppe (father), 6, 14, 16–25
and baseball, 16, 22, 33–34, 47, 50, 54, 103–4, 199, 240
as close-mouthed, 60
death of, 262
early years of, 17–18
and family, 21–22, 33–34
and fishing, 17, 19–20, 22
DiMaggio, Joseph Paul, 2, 54, 55, 76, 77, 98, 99, 190, 224, 225, 238, 239, 276, 277, 319, 355, 392, 393, 422, 423, 466, 510
aging of, ix–x, 287, 294, 300, 302, 305–6, 313, 394–95, 400, 435, 471, 482–84, 496–97, 498
in the Army, 191, 206–10, 211–14, 215
baseball as entire life of, 57, 93, 105–7, 126, 136, 158–59, 203, 217, 222, 234
as Baseball’s Greatest Living Player, 425, 429–30, 453, 469, 498
baserunning by, 138–39, 267, 309
batting stance of, 42, 43, 106, 123, 136, 149, 181, 250, 479, 513
birth of, 18
as card player, 5, 61
caretakers for, 52–53, 61–62, 79, 105, 107, 108–9, 113, 133–34, 143, 158, 168, 183, 186, 195, 231–33, 241–45, 251, 259, 271, 304, 374, 425, 426, 427–28, 434–39, 447, 451, 473, 474
clothes of, 112, 130, 139, 194, 205, 232, 280, 435, 480
coaching of, 32, 43, 70–71, 72
company needed by, 61, 193, 241–44
contracts and, 44, 62, 73, 102–3, 104–5, 114–18, 134–35, 198–200, 206, 227, 247, 255–56, 258, 278, 279–80, 296
and control, 11, 61–62, 106, 232, 332, 333–34
demands made on, 245–46, 305, 427, 438–39, 443, 451, 478
distance cultivated by, ix, 4, 50, 124, 193, 303, 425–26, 433, 434, 473
early baseball years of, 26, 27, 28–35; see also San Francisco Seals
endorsements and promotions by, 145, 176–77, 186, 232, 242–43, 246–47, 274, 294, 307, 433–34, 444, 445, 483, 487
estate of, 441, 462–63, 471–72, 473, 493, 494, 506, 508, 512–17
final illness and death of, xi, 501–9
funeral of, 511–12
gifts to, 89, 134, 139, 142–43, 162–63, 176–78, 187, 272, 295, 340, 430–31, 432, 436
and golf, 278–79, 295, 383, 436–37
granddaughters of, 441, 456, 462–63, 506, 507, 508
in Hall of Fame, 375–76, 394, 426, 466
hangers-on and, 52–53, 381–82, 438–39
hero worship of, 150–53, 168, 205
hitting streaks of, 46–51, 57, 89, 106, 136–37, 161–86, 201, 290, 432
as infielder, 32, 42–44, 286–87
injuries and health problems of, 62–64, 65–68, 85–86, 87, 106, 135, 138, 212, 215, 222–23, 226–27, 233–34, 247–48, 249, 251–52, 254, 255–57, 259, 260–62, 270–74, 284–85, 287, 295, 301, 373, 428, 474, 482–84, 488, 490, 496–97, 499–500, 501–9
as leader, 30, 127, 165, 200–201, 229–33, 254–55, 257, 258, 293–94, 307, 394, 430
modesty of, 33, 49, 79–80, 270
and money, 7–8, 29, 32, 69–70, 79, 123, 133, 134, 186, 195, 210, 213, 227, 229, 246–47, 258, 314–15, 334, 347, 362–63, 383–85, 425, 426–27, 430–31, 432, 437, 441, 443, 446–58, 461–64, 472–73, 482–83, 494–95
myths about, see myths
and need to win, x, xi, 4–5, 57, 93
nicknames of, 4, 49, 108, 152
and night life, 112–13, 121, 129, 131–34, 153–55, 178, 231, 240–47, 251, 260, 279, 375, 378–79, 399
as outfielder, 31, 44–45, 72, 94–95, 126, 137, 229–30
as paper boy, 9–10, 13, 79
physical power of, 30, 31, 42, 43, 45, 88, 429, 479
portrait of, 238, 432, 435
posthumous honors to, 513–15
postwar personality changes of, 217–18
privacy sought by, 60, 193, 382, 425, 433, 490
reticence of, 5, 7, 11, 34, 40, 43, 49, 50, 52, 56, 58, 59, 108, 110–11, 129, 133, 156, 161, 218, 251, 288–89, 321
and retirement, 278, 298–99, 300, 308, 312–16, 430
and rules, 13, 22, 93, 123, 229, 260, 469
and school, 7, 11–13
self-confidence of, 79–80, 283, 306, 325
self-criticism of, 287, 290, 291–92, 307
shame avoided by, 7, 130, 286, 439
and showgirls, 99, 242, 243, 245, 304–5, 376–81
as smoker, 5, 472
solitary nature of, 57, 122–23, 129, 197, 425, 441
son of, see DiMaggio, Joseph Paul, Jr.
stardom as goal of, 80, 110–11, 243, 248, 325
stats of, 113–14, 127, 138, 157, 159, 219–20, 257, 291, 294
teen years of, 4–13, 15, 16, 24–25, 26, 27, 28–35
and tennis, 5, 29
therapy and, 366, 394–95, 407
toughness of, xi, 124, 126
uniqueness of, xi, 429–30
wives of, see Arnold, Dorothy; Monroe, Marilyn
and Yankees, see New York Yankees
DiMaggio, Joseph Paul, Jr., 191, 202
birth of, 192–93, 197
and business, 440
childhood of, 209, 210, 214–15, 216, 222, 239, 263, 272, 279, 295, 304, 315, 439–40
death of, 512
expecting, 158, 159, 189
and father’s funeral, 511–12
journalists and, 192–93, 198, 300, 506
and Larry King show, 439–40
as Marine, 393, 408, 418, 440
Monroe and, 337–40, 387, 393, 408–9, 413, 417, 418, 440
and Sue, 440–41
teen years of, 384, 385–87, 396, 398, 440
DiMaggio, Mamie (sister), 18, 146, 439
DiMaggio, Marie (sister), 18, 146
death of, 511
earthquake and, 431–32, 435
home and, 279, 280, 347, 435–36, 442
Monroe and, 341, 342, 347, 349
DiMaggio, Mike (brother), 9, 18, 20, 31, 103, 296, 302, 341–42
DiMaggio, Nellie (sister), 18, 146
DiMaggio, Rosalie Mercurio (mother), 14, 15, 16, 18, 22–25
and baseball, 50, 103, 271, 274
faith of, 23, 25
home and, 22–23, 114, 278, 279, 280
illness and death of, 295–96, 301–2
DiMaggio, Salvatore (uncle), 18
DiMaggio, Tom (brother), 9, 18, 20
and Joe’s contracts, 44, 62, 69, 102–3
and Joe’s weddings, 145, 352
and mother’s funeral, 302
and restaurant, 103, 157, 296
DiMaggio, Vince (brother), 18, 20–22, 27
and Boston Bees, 103
early baseball days of, 21–22, 30, 44, 66
family of, 64, 296
and Hollywood Stars, 47, 48, 62
and Joe’s wedding, 145
in old-timers’ game, 414
and Seals, 29, 33–35, 44, 45
DiMaggio Albums, The, 63
DiMaggio: An Illustrated Life (Johnson and Stout), 41
DiMaggio family, 15, 99, 256
baseball and, 44, 103–4, 414
Beach Street house of, 430–32
> fishing and, 9, 12, 103, 341
in Martinez, 17–18, 20, 430–31
Monroe and, 341–42, 347, 348–49
mother’s death and, 302
private business of, 60, 64
DiMaggio’s Grotto, San Francisco, 114, 116, 120, 146–47, 157, 199, 206, 208–9, 227, 296, 341, 433, 439
Dime Savings Bank, Brooklyn, 246
DiStefano, Scott, 489–90, 493–95, 500–501, 506–7, 512
Dobbs, Lou, 461
Dobson, Joe, 272
Doby, Larry, 308
Doerr, Bobby, 265, 267, 273, 274
Dollar Sign on the Muscle (Kerrane), 65
Don’t Get Me Wrong, I Love Hollywood (Skolsky), 360–61
Dorfman, Dan, 456–47
Dougherty, Jimmy, 332
Doumanian, Jean, 475
Doyle, Elmer D., 339
Durante, Jimmy, 134
Durocher, Leo, 91
Dykes, Jimmy, 124
Earl, Al, 30
Early, Jake, 173
Eckhardt, Oscar, 72
Edison Hotel, New York, 107, 220, 477
Edwards, Ralph, 318
Effrat, Lou, 244–45, 247, 251, 288
Elysee Hotel, New York, 243, 245, 247, 262, 303–4
Engelberg, Cantor, Leone & Milgrim (later Engelberg, Cantor & Milgrim), 512, 513n, 514, 516–17
Engelberg, Hyman, 402, 414
Engelberg, Morris, 486
book by, 506, 511, 514
and Children’s Hospital, 483
and Joe’s death, 507–8, 511, 514
and Joe’s estate, 463, 471–72, 473, 493, 494, 506, 508, 512–17
and Joe’s health, 483, 490, 493, 500, 501–8
and Joe’s legal work, 450, 491–93, 505, 506, 514–15
and Joe’s name, 514–15
and Madame Alexander doll, 490–91
and memorabilia business, 453, 454, 456, 458, 463, 469–70, 488–90, 491–92, 493–94, 500–501, 503, 506–7, 512–14
and Yankee Clipper Enterprises, 488–95
Epstein, Benny, 298
Ernie Smith Show (radio), 61
Essick, Bill, 66, 69
Evans, Dixie, 379–81
Fain, Ferris, 211
fame, 176–81, 196–97, 429, 474–75
eternal, 472
hyperexistence of, 478
and lost illusions, 123
and presumption of intimacy, 433, 470
privacy and, 171, 177, 189
and star quality, 110–11
TV commercials and, 433–34
Famous Artists, 343, 346, 348, 361
fans:
and autographs, 148, 463
boos from, 118, 122, 130, 200, 202–3, 221, 300, 308
enthusiasm of, 89, 144, 189, 263, 274–75
and Joe’s streak, 172, 173, 181
journalists and, 90
and memorabilia, 454, 455, 456, 461, 462, 469–70, 506–7
at Monroe’s grave, 418, 420
and nearness to Joe, 427, 428, 470
women as, 59–60
Farley, James A., 240, 246
Farr, Tommy, 115
Faustini, Mario, 473, 477, 483
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