Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life (Touchstone Book)

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by Cramer, Richard Ben


  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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