Posted on 05/08/2009 2:00:58 PM PDT by Gondring
Though ill with pneumonia, Dom DiMaggio was doing something he loved -- watching the Red Sox play, and play well -- when he died this morning in his Marion home.
Son by his side, the former Red Sox center fielder was watching the replay of Thursday night's game, when his team scored 12 runs in the sixth inning en route to a 13-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
"I was there and we were watching it together," said his son Dominic Paul DiMaggio Jr. of Atkinson, N.H. "It was peaceful."
Mr. DiMaggio's children, gathered at their parents' home today, shared recollections of the family man who was as powerful a presence while helping his wife, Emily, raise their family in Wellesley as he was at bat and in the field for the Red Sox.
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(to tune of Michael Row the Boat ashore)
River Jordan is deep and wide...alleluia.
Bring your dirty SOCKS and a box of Tide...alleluia!
The greatest baseball player you never heard of.
RIP Dom.
My father was a big fan of the Yankees and of Joe D. Despite that, he also had a soft spot for Dom, and once recited a poem to me that was popular at the time about him. I hadn’t thought about it since, but was able to find it on the Internet:
Who hits the ball and makes it go?
Dom-inic Di-Mag-gio.
Who runs the bases fast, not slow?
Dom-inic Di-Mag-gio.
Who can run and bat and throw?
Dom-inic Di-Mag-gio.
Who hits the ball both high and low?
Dom-inic Di-Mag-gio.
Who’s better than his brother Joe?
Dom-inic Di-Magg-gio.
Sad news.
RIP “Little Professor”.
A bigger man than his brother off the field.
Any relation to Joe?
His slightly younger brother.
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