The Streak by Barb Rosenstock

Author:Barb Rosenstock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Published: 2016-05-03T00:00:00+00:00

That’s one record I’ve wanted to crack ever since I came up in the major leagues.

—Joe DiMaggio

Congratulations. I’m glad a

real hitter broke it.

—George Sisler, first baseman,

St. Louis Browns, and previous streak record holder

Joe DiMaggio boomed his way into baseball’s row of immortals.

—Associated Press

Source Notes*

Each citation indicates the first words of the quotation and its document source. Most of the sources are listed in the bibliography. Sources are provided below for those not included in the bibliography. Every effort has been made to trace and identify the ownership of the following text quotations.

Front endpaper

“DiMaggio was…”: Williams, Ted Williams’ Hit List by Ted Williams and Jim Prime. Indianapolis: Masters Press, 1996, p. 79.

Page 2

“I’m just a . . .”: DiMaggio, quoted in Bannon and Wright, p. 24.

Page 19

“Tom! You got . . .”: Henrich, quoted in “Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life.” PBS, The American Experience, 2000, pbs. org/wgbh/amex/dimaggio/filmmore/reference/interview/heinrich04.html.

Page 20

“There’s some hits . . .”: Henrich, quoted in Vaccaro, p. 176.

Page 28

“#1: Joe DiMaggio’s . . .”: Crossman, Fagan, et al., p. 16.

“DiMaggio took the . . .”: Grayson, p. 2.

Page 29

“That’s one record . . .”: DiMaggio, quoted in Magruder, p. 17.

“Congratulations. I’m glad . . .”: Sisler, quoted in San Antonio Light (International News Service), p. 6A.

“Joe DiMaggio boomed . . .”: Associated Press, p. 10.

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