SOLD Gorgeous & Rare Joe DiMaggio Streak Newspaper
 

Most know about his 56 game hitting streak, but few and only the die-hard Joe D fans know of his earlier minor league streak at age 18!!!!

And funny he was such an unknown at the time they didn't even have the spelling of his name correct, they wouldn't get it wrong again after this feat.

July 26, 1933

Looking weary and strained, Joe DiMaggio has his record 61-game Pacific Coast League batting streak end when he fails to get a hit in five plate appearances against Ed Walsh, son of the famed Chicago White Sox pitcher.

DiMaggio, an 18-year-old rookie with the San Francisco Seals who came out of nowhere to set the record, is moved up today from clean up to leadoff in the lineup to try to help him get more at-bats. While he does get an extra plate appearance, it doesn't help as he grounds out twice, hits into a forceout and flies out twice. His long drive to right in the ninth, though, sends home the winning run from third base in the Seals' 4-3 victory over Oakland.

"I'm glad it's over," DiMaggio says. "The strain was getting a bit tough."

The only other one I could find sold at Robert Edward Auctions for $4400 along with some signed baseballs.

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/...ak-collection/

Pair this beauty with a signed Joe D ball for an INCREDIBLE display!

$250 or best offer shipped

and......SOLD!

that is a pretty cool item to see.

Thank you for selling it, I was so close, but really need to start downsizing one of these days.

Very cool item.