Why is there no talk or card posting of Joe DiMaggio?

[avalanche2006]

I can't recall seeing any cards or anything.

[G1911]

What cards does he have for the Post War forum? Off the top of my head, his 1949 Leaf and 1952 Berk Ross. 1953 Bowman Color wrappers/box? His Salutations Exhibit is credited as 1939-1946, so that could fall into either side. He doesn't have many contemporary cards at all, compared to most superstars in the games history

EDIT: He's in 1961 Baseball Scoops too. 1961 Golden Press. The Baseball Hall of Fame postcards that have been issued for many many years.

[avalanche2006]

Originally Posted by G1911

What cards does he have for the Post War forum? Off the top of my head, his 1949 Leaf and 1952 Berk Ross. 1953 Bowman Color wrappers/box? His Salutations Exhibit is credited as 1939-1946, so that could fall into either side. He doesn't have many contemporary cards at all, compared to most superstars in the games history

EDIT: He's in 1961 Baseball Scoops too. 1961 Golden Press. The Baseball Hall of Fame postcards that have been issued for many many years.

Oh ok. So this is the wrong forum. I will check out the 1940s.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by avalanche2006

Oh ok. So this is the wrong forum. I will check out the 1940s.

He doesn't have that many PRe-War either, though his Play Balls are classics. The Leaf and Berk Ross were from unauthorized sets. Much of his career was during a period when there were very few cards at all, plus he seems to generally not allowed the use of his image for most 'legitimate' sets.

[Leon]

I posted this in another thread today. A 1940s RPPC (Mexican) of Joltin' Joe..

[geosluggo]

DiMaggio is in the front row, fourth from left, in the 1970 Topps #631 Oakland A's team picture card.

[samosa4u]

Yeah, there are some baseball greats who hardly get mentioned on this forum. It looks like Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Roberto Clemente get all the love.

[JoeDfan]

And the '46 Montiel, and the '60 CVC Hi Lites, the '67 Retirado, the '69 Andersen, '69 Broder, '71 House of Jazz, '86 Sportflics Prototype...

[JoeDfan]

Forgot the Broder...

[rats60]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Yeah, there are some baseball greats who hardly get mentioned on this forum. It looks like Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Roberto Clemente get all the love.

I agree with this. Joe DiMaggio seems to be underrated today. He was held in much high regard in the 80s. I wonder how much those 3 war years that he missed would change that. Especially if he had won a 4th or 5th MVP award.

[mikemb]

Here is one

Another Joe

[mrmopar]

A couple of interesting and affordable Joe D cards I always liked.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

A couple of interesting and affordable Joe D cards I always liked.

I had never seen or heard of these before, great looking items

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by G1911

I had never seen or heard of these before, great looking items

Go to COMC and sort by oldest. You will find a lot of cool 70's and 80's odd ball DiMaggio cards.

[Leon]

1940s F272-Unc Wheaties Premium Card Set.

[mr2686]

Not a card, but since you said "or anything"...

[Volod]

Maybe a lot of sports fans became disillusioned when Kramer revealed that the Clipper dunks.

[Exhibitman]

He was not a nice man and there doesn't seem to be a lot of collector warm fuzzies about him, which is a shame since he is a first tier HOFer.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Leon

1940s F272-Unc Wheaties Premium Card Set.

What a beauty! I love some of the wheaties.


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[pokerplyr80]

He definitely comes up from time to time, but perhaps not as often as he should. My personal favorite card of his is the 41 play ball. But I wouldn't mind adding a 36 goudey or his zeenut to my collection. I haven't gotten around to adding any of them, but do own a signed baseball. I believe I posted a picture in the auto pickup thread at the time.

[avalanche2006]

Thanks for all of the pictures and info. It is nice to see such a forgotten about player getting our attention for a bit.

[JoeDfan]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

He was not a nice man and there doesn't seem to be a lot of collector warm fuzzies about him, which is a shame since he is a first tier HOFer.

I think it wasn't as much about him being not a nice person as it was that he was very quiet by nature. Then you add in all the people chasing him around all the time, and then he gets viewed more negatively if he doesn't respond.
I love Joe D., and it definitely (and unfortunately) helps me pick up stuff for my collection because you guys are right; he just doesn't get the love.
Last month, I picked up a game used bat, so that is my DiMaggio pinnacle right now.

[mr2686]

Anyone that married Marilyn Monroe is a Hall of Famer in my book.

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

A couple of interesting and affordable Joe D cards I always liked.

I have the Bowery Savings card on the right, that I got years ago at a card show in NYC. All of the cards were autographed. I picked the one I got, because he autographed it on both sides!

I would put up a picture of it, but I'm new to the forum here. Could somebody tell me how to upload a pic?

I also have a 1939 Play Ball, Joe DiMaggio...

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by jgannon

I have the Bowery Savings card on the right, that I got years ago at a card show in NYC. All of the cards were autographed. I picked the one I got, because he autographed it on both sides!

I would put up a picture of it, but I'm new to the forum here. Could somebody tell me how to upload a pic?

I also have a 1939 Play Ball, Joe DiMaggio...

If you have the pics on your computer/phone click on the little paper clip above the area you type in when making a post. The pics have to be 1.2MB or smaller to upload or you will get a error message.

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by bnorth

If you have the pics on your computer/phone click on the little paper clip above the area you type in when making a post. The pics have to be 1.2MB or smaller to upload or you will get a error message.

Ok, I will have to take the pic. I guess you are talking about the one that says "insert link", because the other paper clip says "remove link". So, I will try this a little later, for sure. I'll put up the 39 Play ball too.

And thanks!

[jgannon]

Well, I've got to figure out how to rotate this pic! But here's the front of the Joe DiMaggio Bowery card...

[bnorth]

Here

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Here

Hey, thanks! How did you do that?!! I was trying to figure it out for over half an hour. I am on an audio website and I have the picture posting thing down perfectly. But I posted this and tried to rotate it in the download and picture section of my computer, but wasn't able to.

There's got to be a simpler way anyway. If I'm taking the pic from my camera, how would I transfer it here? I'm a bit challenged when it comes to this whole 21st century technology thing. If you can give me any more pointers, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks - Gannon

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by jgannon

Hey, thanks! How did you do that?!! I was trying to figure it out for over half an hour. I am on an audio website and I have the picture posting thing down perfectly. But I posted this and tried to rotate it in the download and picture section of my computer, but wasn't able to.

There's got to be a simpler way anyway. If I'm taking the pic from my camera, how would I transfer it here? I'm a bit challenged when it comes to this whole 21st century technology thing. If you can give me any more pointers, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks - Gannon

I cropped and rotated it in the free Paint program on my laptop.

I am not very tech savvy myself. I know there are other ways but I take a pic with my phone and email it to myself and save it to my computer. I have posted directly from my phone but it is a PIA with the small screen.

[JollyElm]

I've posted this before, but it's always worth seeing again for a laugh. This 'autographed' Dimag biography was given to my Dad, who (a long time ago) gave it to me. In looking at it again for the first time in many years, I realized there was no way in heck that Joltin' Joe signed it. Plus, I believe it came out in 2000, the year AFTER he died. And why would someone forging a signature include a mention of Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in the inscription?? Huh?? Wish I had some sort of time machine that would allow me to see who actually signed this tome and why...

dimaggio.jpg


And here is a sign adorning the building out here that now occupies the site of (next door to?) Joe D's birthplace...

dimaggiobirthplace.jpg

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I cropped and rotated it in the free Paint program on my laptop.

I am not very tech savvy myself. I know there are other ways but I take a pic with my phone and email it to myself and save it to my computer. I have posted directly from my phone but it is a PIA with the small screen.

Yeah, I do the same thing where I email it to myself and then download it to my computer. Ok, thanks. I'm going to keep working on this. I'd like to put up the Play Ball, and another item which might be a little different.

[roarfrom34]

1970's postcard from the Sports Hobbyist

[Volod]

Originally Posted by jgannon

Hey, thanks! How did you do that?!! I was trying to figure it out for over half an hour. I am on an audio website and I have the picture posting thing down perfectly. But I posted this and tried to rotate it in the download and picture section of my computer, but wasn't able to.

There's got to be a simpler way anyway. If I'm taking the pic from my camera, how would I transfer it here? I'm a bit challenged when it comes to this whole 21st century technology thing. If you can give me any more pointers, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks - Gannon

If you are asking about an actual camera - you know - the ancient 20th century type device, if it is relatively new, it should have the capability of saving images on a micro card/disk, which you then unplug and insert into the same type of slot on your computer and view it with any simple photo or graphics program that is resident on your computer. Then manipulate it, rotate it or whatever, save it and upload it here. On the other hand, if you are asking about a camera/phone, sorry, I can't suggest anything, as I'm also stuck in the last century as far as that goes.

[jchcollins]

I would agree that Joe D has slipped a bit in popularity from when I first learned about baseball in the 1980’s. Based on what I heard of him as a kid, I would have probably told you he was one of the top 5 players ever, or something like that. I wonder how much of that was due to his insistence on being introduced as the “greatest living ball player” anytime he did anything public?


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[rats60]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

He was not a nice man and there doesn't seem to be a lot of collector warm fuzzies about him, which is a shame since he is a first tier HOFer.

I have never heard this before. Joe was nothing but polite the times I saw him at card shows. This was a contrast to other big stars of the period who were often not. My wife was so impressed by Joe that she went out and bought me a 1938 Goudey DiMaggio.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by rats60

My wife was so impressed by Joe that she went out and bought me a 1938 Goudey DiMaggio.

Uh, do you think your wife would be willing to talk to my wife?!?



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[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Volod

If you are asking about an actual camera - you know - the ancient 20th century type device, if it is relatively new, it should have the capability of saving images on a micro card/disk, which you then unplug and insert into the same type of slot on your computer and view it with any simple photo or graphics program that is resident on your computer. Then manipulate it, rotate it or whatever, save it and upload it here. On the other hand, if you are asking about a camera/phone, sorry, I can't suggest anything, as I'm also stuck in the last century as far as that goes.

Yeah, I don't have a regular camera or anything. I've just been having a tough time with this phone. For some reason, all my pics are coming out wrong. They're all tlited to the left, and when I rotate them, they don't rotate. Frustrating!

At any rate, I wanted to post some pics of these matches that my Father picked up for me at Joe DiMaggio's restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco almost 50 years ago. They're really nice.

[Phil68]

I'm a DiMaggio collector. Truthfully, I collect just about anything that catches my attention but, over time, DiMaggio items have come on board more often than any other so I figured out I must be a "DiMaggio collector."
This just arrived a couple days ago...DiMaggio rounding 3rd after a homer in '47. Frank Crosetti is coaching 3rd.

I watched Mr. DiMaggio in public on just one occasion. He seemed businesslike, somewhat tight-lipped and, perhaps, a bit surly. My father met him in Las Vegas in the mid 60's. He called it the most "unbelievable encounter with any type of celebrity he ever had". He said that DiMaggio was in a great mood and even posed for a couple of pictures with folks who appeared to know him. He was expecting a very prim and proper man and said DiMaggio used language he would have never imagined. I had an opportunity to meet and speak with Dom DiMaggio at the Italian American Sports HOF when I was a teen. He was as kind a person as I ever met in my life.

[Volod]

Very nice photo there. Looks like it might be a spring training game in Arizona or southern California. DiMaggio was an enigmatic figure that few people - even those close to him - understood well. Interesting that his brother Dom was so very different in personality, yet they were both fine athletes in their time.

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

I would agree that Joe D has slipped a bit in popularity from when I first learned about baseball in the 1980’s. Based on what I heard of him as a kid, I would have probably told you he was one of the top 5 players ever, or something like that. I wonder how much of that was due to his insistence on being introduced as the “greatest living ball player” anytime he did anything public?


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DiMaggio was a great player. If he's slipped in popularity it's more than likely due to the modern fan not having seen him or probably even knowing who he was. I remember back in the 90s, I don't remember who it was, there was a player who was PLAYING FOR THE YANKEES, who hadn't heard of him. Sad.

When DiMaggio was voted the greatest living player, he had only been retired for about 18 years. Those involved in that vote knew very well who he was. Of course, that title, is completely subjective, as there were many other great players. Add onto that, that players for the Negro Leagues weren't even considered.

[COEFOR]

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by Volod

Very nice photo there. Looks like it might be a spring training game in Arizona or southern California. DiMaggio was an enigmatic figure that few people - even those close to him - understood well. Interesting that his brother Dom was so very different in personality, yet they were both fine athletes in their time.

Thank you. Yes, it is spring training!
Interesting to note, while playing in a monstrous sized park (400 to the line and 475 to the alley in his prime--forget CF) DiMaggio had more HR than strikeouts until the final 2 months of his career in '51. In addition, he not only holds the ML record for hitting in 56 straight games (73 of 74) he also holds the PROFESSIONAL record of 61 straight in the PCL. He was...pretty good.

[avalanche2006]

I want to thank everyone for all of the pictures and stories!
Growing up as a baseball and baseball card fanatic in the 70s and early 80s, I always liked Joe D. He was still doing commercials all of the time. I also read many books about all of the Yankees of his time. And then I find myself in 7th grade Science class with a girl named DiMaggio. I had to ask, and she ended up being a close relative and a couple of weeks later brought me an autographed ball.

[leaflover]

I enjoyed this book. His foot doctor wrote it sharing his memories of his time with Joe. I plan to take this book with me the next time I visit NYC and maybe dine at some of the places mentioned.

[tedzan]

I don't agree with the comment...."He was not a nice man".

July 17, 1982, I met Joe DiMaggio at a Baseball card show in Freehold, NJ. I started the conversation with....

" Today, 41 years ago in Cleveland, your amazing 56-game hitting streak ended ".

Joe paused a moment and replied....." You know what, you are right. How did you know that ? "

I told him....." I did my homework. Furthermore, I do not believe your hitting streak will ever be surpassed. "

I was the last one in line to get Joe's autograph, and he was very gracious to spend about 20 minutes talking
with me. With me being an avid Yankees fan (with a lot of fond memories to share with Joe) made for a very
enjoyable conversation.

Joe DiMaggio was a very conservative guy, who also valued his privacy. And this may have been misconstrued
by some who thought he was not a friendly guy.


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[JoeDfan]

Well, now there is a lot of talk around Joe DiMaggio!

I love it!

[tedzan]

1949 LEAF...… the last major issued card of Joe.

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[Volod]

No respect....?