It’s a sad day in baseball. Longtime Red Sox centerfielder Dom DiMaggio has passed away. Former teammates with Ted Williams and younger brother of Joe, DiMaggio was only 5’9″ (shades of Dustin Pedroia) and was called the Little Professor.
Dom had a 34-game hitting streak going once when Joe put an end to that in Dom’s last at-bat during a Red Sox/Yankees game. Author David Halberstam called Dom “probably the most underrated player of his day.” Dom was part of the subject of Halberstam’s excellent Red Sox book, The Teammates.
The Boston Globe has more, while I profiled Dom back on January 15 with a look at his career.
Thoughts and prayers to all those affected.
