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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE March 16, 1999 Song of the 1960’S—‘‘Where Have You Gone, Dimaggio Started a 16-Game Streak March 16, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 4639 Authorities in Northern Ireland need cents. Up I went. And the exact same But there is one statistic for which to catch and prosecute Rosemary Nel- sequence occurred. DiMaggio will be most remembered: his son’s murderers, and they need to en- I went home. But not lifeless. To the 56-game hitting streak, possibly the sure that members of the RUC did not contrary, animated. most enduring accomplishment in all aid and abet these cowards. The RUC For I hated Joe DiMaggio. For life. of sports. The streak began on May 15, needs to go under a microscope. If I knew this to be a sin, but it did not 1941, with a single in four at-bats there are problems, a new law enforce- matter. Gehrig retired, then died. My against the Chicago White Sox, and ment authority, which has the unques- animus only grew more animated. ended 56 games later on July 17 during tioned support of nationalists and Thirty years and some went by. I was a hot night in Cleveland. In 56 games, unionists, needs to be established. now the United States Permanent Rep- DiMaggio had gone to bat 223 times and Rosemary Nelson saw the seeds of resentative to the United Nations. One delivered 91 hits, including 15 home peace planted in Northern Ireland. I evening I was having dinner at an runs, for a .408 average. He drew 21 hope and pray that her three children Italian restaurant in midtown. As our walks, twice was hit by pitched balls, will live to see those seeds blossom company was about finished, who scored 56 runs, and knocked in 55. He into something permanent and beau- walked in but DiMaggio himself, ac- hit in every game for two months, tiful.∑ companied by a friend. They took a striking out just seven times. table against the wall opposite. I But DiMaggio’s game was so com- f watched. He looked over, smiled and plete and elegant that statistics cannot APPOINTMENT BY THE VICE gave a sort of wave. Emboldened, as we do it justice. The New York Times said PRESIDENT were leaving, I went over to shake in an editorial when he retired, ‘‘The The PRESIDING OFFICER. The hands. He rose wonderfully to the occa- combination of proficiency and exquis- Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, sion. ite grace which Joe DiMaggio brought pursuant to Public Law 83–420, as I went out on 54th Street as I recall. to the art of playing center field was amended by Public Law 99–371, re- And of a sudden was struck as if by something no baseball averages can appoints the Senator from Arizona (Mr. some Old Testament lightening. ‘‘My measure and that must be seen to be God,’’ I thought, ‘‘he has forgiven me!’’ MCCAIN) to the Board of Trustees of believed and appreciated.’’ Gallaudet University. He must have known about me all Today, I join the Majority Leader those years, but he returned hate with and Senators CHARLES SCHUMER (D- f love. My soul had been in danger and NY), BARBARA BOXER (D-CA), DIANNE RECOGNIZING AND HONORING JOE he had rescued me. FEINSTEIN (D-CA), and JIM H. BUNNING DIMAGGIO Still years later, just a little while (R-KY) in introducing a resolution that ago the Yankees won another pennant. honors Joe DiMaggio for his storied Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask Mayor Guiliani arranged a parade from baseball career and for all that he has unanimous consent that the Senate the Battery to City Hall. Joe was in done off the field. As we reflect on his proceed to the immediate consider- the lead car; I was to follow. As we life and mourn his death, I ask that we ation of S. Res. 63, introduced earlier waited to get started, I went up to him, consider ourselves extremely lucky for today by Senators MOYNIHAN, LOTT, introduced myself and told of having knowing such a man, particularly in and others. watched him at the Stadium these this age of pampered sports heroes, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without many years ago. ‘‘But I have to tell when ego and self-importance often objection, it is so ordered. The clerk you,’’ I added, ‘‘Lou Gehrig was my overshadow what is occurring on the will report. hero.’’ field. Even I, who resented DiMaggio The bill clerk read as follows:. ‘‘He was my hero, too,’’ said Joe. for displacing my hero Gehrig, have A resolution (S. Res. 63) recognizing and Well, Joe, too, was a hero to many come to realize that there will never be honoring Joe DiMaggio. people. Few have embodied the Amer- another like Joseph Paul DiMaggio. The Senate proceeded to consider the ican dream or created a more enduring I ask unanimous consent that the resolution. legend than ‘‘Joltin’’ Joe DiMaggio. March 9, 1999, New York Times edi- Mr. MOYNIHAN. ‘‘Joe, Joe And fewer have carried themselves, torial and George F. Will’s op-ed in the DiMaggio, we want you on our side!’’ both on and off the field, with the pride Washington Post on Joe DiMaggio be Well, he is on the other side now, but and courtliness of, as Hemingway said, printed in the RECORD. stays with us in our memories. ‘‘the great DiMaggio.’’ There being no objection, the mate- Mine are, well, special to me. It Born the fourth son of an immigrant rial was ordered to be printed in the would be in 1938 or 1939 in Manhattan. fisherman—two other brothers also RECORD, as follows: The Depression lingered. Life was, well, played in the majors—he joined the [From the New York Times, Mar. 9, 1999] life. But there was even so somebody Yankees in 1936 after dropping out of THE DIMAGGIO MYSTIQUE who made a great difference and that high school and grew into the game’s It has been almost half a century since Joe was Lou Gehrig of the New York most complete center fielder. He wore DiMaggio turned his center-field kingdom in Yankees. I admired him as no other No. 5 and became the heir to Babe Ruth Yankee Stadium over to a strapping young- man. Read of him each day, or so it (No. 3) and Lou Gehrig (No. 4) in the ster named Mickey Mantle, but even now, in seemed, in the Daily News. And yet I team’s pantheon. DiMaggio was the death, Joe DiMaggio still owns that green had never seen him play. One summer team’s superstar, on a team of super- acreage. He roamed the great open spaces day my mother somehow found the stars, for 13 seasons. By the time his there with a grace and grandeur that rede- needful sixty cents. Fifty cents for a career ended in 1951, he had played in fined the art of fielding. Even more than the ticket at the Stadium, a nickel for the 11 All-Star games and 10 World Series, prolific hitting that earned him enduring fame, his silky, seemingly effortless motion subway up and back. Off I went in high nine of which the Yankees won. across the outfield grass was the signature of expectation. But Gehrig, disease I must The ‘‘Yankee Clipper’’ was acclaimed his game. assume was now in progress, got no hit. at baseball’s centennial in 1969 as ‘‘the DiMaggio was one of those rare sports A young player I had scarce noticed hit greatest living ballplayer.’’ Even his stars, like Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali and a home run. Joe DiMaggio. It began to main rival Ted Williams, admitted Michael Jordan, who not only set new stand- drizzle, but they kept the game going this: ‘‘. he [DiMaggio] was the ards of athletic excellence but also became a just long enough so there would be no greatest baseball player of our time. He distinctive part of American culture. As raincheck. I went home lifeless and lay could do it all.’’ DiMaggio played 1,736 stylish off the field as on, DiMaggio was an icon of elegance and success, a name as rec- on my bed desolate. games with the Yankees. He had a ca- ognizable on Broadway and in Hollywood as Clearly I was in pain, if that is the reer batting average of .325 and hit 361 at the ball park. Millions of baby boomers word. The next day my mother some- home runs while striking out only 369 who never saw DiMaggio play instantly un- how came up with yet another sixty times. He could indeed do it all. derstood the reference in the Paul Simon VerDate jul 14 2003 12:06 Sep 28, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S16MR9.003 S16MR9 4640 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE March 16, 1999 song of the 1960’s—‘‘Where have you gone, DiMaggio started a 16-game streak. His 56 cisco Bay. Like many Californians then Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes has not been seriously challenged in 57 sea- and now, Joe was the child of immi- to you.’’ sons. His 1993 minor league streak of 61 has grants. His parents came from Sicily to Other men have hit the ball farther and not been matched since then. run the bases faster, but few have excelled at Because of baseball’s grinding everyday- California, where his father found work so many elements of the sport. DiMaggio’s ness, professionals place a premium on con- as a fisherman. 56-game hitting streak in 1941 remains un- sistency.
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