I was impressed by the .406 by Williams in 1941.
I'm not nearly as impressed by the 56-game hitting streak. In the middle of it, JoeD had an 0-fer and the streak was going to end around 30. The Yanks tied the game, and he got his hit in extra innings. If the Yanks would have won or lost the game in 9 innings, the streak ended.
Without that luck, he's got two 25 or 30 game streaks almost back-to-back, and nobody would be drooling over it for the last 63 years.
JoeD is one of the most overrated athletes in history. Because he played in NY and married Marilyn Monroe, he was idolized. Stan Musial was as good a ball player, and got 1/10 of the recognition.
I'm not nearly as impressed by the 56-game hitting streak. In the middle of it, JoeD had an 0-fer and the streak was going to end around 30. The Yanks tied the game, and he got his hit in extra innings. If the Yanks would have won or lost the game in 9 innings, the streak ended.
Without that luck, he's got two 25 or 30 game streaks almost back-to-back, and nobody would be drooling over it for the last 63 years.
JoeD is one of the most overrated athletes in history. Because he played in NY and married Marilyn Monroe, he was idolized. Stan Musial was as good a ball player, and got 1/10 of the recognition.
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