Joe DiMaggio Superstar

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Joe DiMaggio was one of sport’s superstars and his life had some odd twists in the end.   He was one of baseball’s great players, the only player ever to be selected for the all-star game every year in which he played,   has a standing record of 56 games with a hit, and was voted the baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.  The son of Italian immigrants Joseph Paul DiMaggio was expected to follow his father in occupational choice:  fisherman.  This was the height of the California sardine trade and there was more than enough work for everyone.  Unfortunately the smell of fish made Joe sick.  He started

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