The Yankee Clipper, New York City’s Hero
Joseph Paul DiMaggio was born on November 25, 1914 in Martinez, California a city east of San Francisco. He had nine siblings including his brothers Vince and Dom who would join him as making a career in baseball. DiMaggio recalled his youth saying “I began playing baseball on a vacant lot in San Francisco when I was about 10 years old. In those days, I preferred almost anything to working on my fathers (Giuseppe DiMaggio a fisherman) fishing boat or cleaning it up when the fishing day was over. I hated the smell. My father looked on baseball in much the same way as I did fishing.” Needless to say, a career in baseball wasn’t what Joe’s parents were pinning their hopes on for their boy. Photo Credit: Viralscape