Great story Phil....and a nice looking 1941 Play Ball card of Joe D.
If you don't mind....here's a furthermore to.... "
Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio ? ".
Joe DiMaggio originally did not want his name in the lyrics of the Simon and Garfunkel 1967 song, "Mrs. Robinson".
However, it is reported that Joe's agent convinced Joe that it might be good for Joe's publicity. Joe, finally agreed; but, Joe did not
want his name associated with the movie "The Graduate". The version of the song Mrs. Robinson, sung by Simon and Garfunkel in
the movie, did not to include "Joe DiMaggio where....."
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Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio ? "......this were exactly my thoughts in the years that followed after the Spring of 1949, when I opened up a
red-white-blue LEAF wax-pack and saw this card. Us kids never saw another Joe D card in the 1949, 1950, or 1951 BOWMAN sets, or 1951 TOPPS.
TED Z
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