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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Sixty-six years prior....and, 66 years since....and, no one has come even close to such an amazing streak.
For some idiot (67 years later, who claims to be a sports reporter) to raise doubts about Joe D's great feat
in 1941, smacks of "sour grapes", or some other kind of journalistic "incredulity". Joe's streak excited an en-
tire BB nation in 1941, as fans from coast to coast followed it closely, day in and day out. This attempt to
diminish this great record by some Canadian magazine (no less), and to accuse Dan Daniel's bias in scoring
Joe's hits, is just the latest "b--s" by the "anti-hero", revisionist types in the media. Who aren't old enough
to actually witness what occurred; but, engage in their "fiction" in order to tell us what "virtually occurred".

Joe DiMaggio actually ran a 57-game streak that season....he hit a Double in the intervening All-Star game.

Joe, and Ted Williams, are probably the last great BB hitters that had the discipline, batting eye, and confi-
dence to "work the count" on a pitcher. The 1941 season was certainly a great example of this for both Joe
and Ted. These factors are the main reasons why their 1941 season performances have been unparalleled
to this day. Luck has nothing to do with Joe's 56-game streak or Ted's .406 batting average in 1941.

The other factor that mentally carried Joe through this streak (despite all the pressure he was subjected to)
was that he had been there before. Back in his PCL days in the early 1930's he ran a 61-game hitting streak
with the San Fran Seals.

Joe's numbers during the 56-game streak are......

AB....223, BA....408, Hits....91, 2B....16, 3B....4, HR....15, Runs....56, RBI....55, 2 or more hits....22 times

Note....
That Joe's Runs Production averaged 1.7 Runs per game during the 56-game streak. His streak was not just
an accomplishment for the record books. Joe was consistently leading his team to victories, as the Yankees
won 101 games in 1941.

TED Z