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Originally Posted by Bored5000
Agreed. I think DiMaggio commands very strong prices overall as well. He is always going to have the Marilyn Monroe mystique, the 56-game hitting streak, "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?"
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Probably not that many people know the song any more, but
Joe, Joe DiMaggio
We want you on our side
So evocative of that age...
By the way, ironically, Paul Simon's boyhood hero was ... wait for it .... Mantle, but as he explained, he needed a lyric that fit the tune.
And another cultural reference of course, the "Great DiMaggio" of Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea."
Not to mention TWO of the greatest nicknames ever.