You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'

From the power alley in left center field (430 in Joe's time) to the fence in deep right center field (407 ft) it is 45-degrees. DiMaggio had been his favorite player. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and was voted the sport's greatest living player in a poll taken during the baseball centennial year of 1969.

He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak (May 15 – July 16 1941) a record that still stands. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and was voted the sport's greatest living player in a poll taken during the baseball centennial year of 1969.