Nice NY Times tribute to Dom Dimaggio's 34 game hitting streak in 1949. They have quotes from Dom that set the record straight about the famous Joe Dimaggio catch that ended his streak. He has his regrets, though, about not being a career .300 hitter.
It would have meant so much. Enos Slaughter hit exactly .300 in his career — and he’s in the Hall of Fame. Why? Did he hustle any more than I did? Did he have a better arm than I did? Did he run the bases any better than I did? Did he play defense as well as I did? Who knows? All I needed was 12 more hits — only about one per season — and I would have had a .300 average.
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