I also had the misfortune of meeting Joe DiMaggio on a couple of occasions. The comments by David are generous in my opinion. To say that he was a "malignant narcissist" is an insult to those jerks who are merely "malignant narcissists". BTW it always got me that he insisted on being introduced as "the greatest living ballplayer". When was that ever true? Ty Cobb lived until 1961. By the mid 60s, in my opinion, Willie Mays had established himself as the greatest living ballplayer (or Hank Aaron if you prefer). DiMaggio was the greatest in his own mind.
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