* Lest we forget: Dom DiMaggio

May 8, 2009

I never had a brother, so I don’t know what it’s like to be in someone’s shadow.

Imagine Dom DiMaggio. He had a wonderful 11-year career with the Boston Red Sox, finishing with a .298 career batting average and a seven-time all-star. But there was Joe, always in the spotlight.

Dom passed away yesterday at the age of  92. He and fellow Red Sox Johnny Pesky took a 1,300 road trip to visit a dying Ted Williams one last time, which was the subject of the late David Halberstam’s excellent book The Teammates.

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