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56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports

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by Kennedy, Kostya


  poetry about, 146, 151

  press and, 83, 121, 124

  probability of, 322–23

  recognition of, 100

  significance of, 12–13, 131, 187–88, 201–2, 312–16

  Sisler’s record and, 219–20

  statistically safe, 266

  teammates and, 184

  tension and, 176–77, 185, 206–7, 210

  what-ifs of, 312

  hitting streaks

  analysis of, 86–91, 187–97, 321–43

  Bayesian analysis of, 337

  Bernoulli trials, 336–38

  choking under pressure, 90–91

  conditional probability and, 337

  difficulty of, 12–13, 187–88, 190–94, 192, 248–49

  game theory and, 337

  luck and, 138

  noticing, 83, 85–86

  pitchers and, 189–90

  probabilities of, 322–25, 327–33

  as random occurrences, 327–33

  records, 12

  relief pitchers and, 189

  self-consciousness and, 342

  streak averages, 328

  subconscious mind and, 86–91

  superstitions and, 193, 295

  talent and, 190–91

  team behavior and, 194–97

  tension of, 192–94

  thinking about, 85–91

  Yankee players, 116, 118

  Hitting Streaks Don’t Obey Your Rules (McCotter), 340

  Hoag, Myril, 103, 145

  hockey records, 12

  Hodges, Gil, 196

  Hollywood Stars, 294

  Holmes, Tommy, 187, 191, 256, 257, 259, 260, 263

  Homer, Ben, 239

  home runs, strikeouts per, 342n

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 104

  Horner, Bob, 264–65

  Hornsby, Rogers, 146, 149, 167

  batting average, 147

  Hospital and Home for Crippled Children, Newark, 49–50, 105, 127

  hotel lobbies, 212

  “hot hand” studies, 324

  “hot” streaks, 323–27

  House of Fear, The, 157

  Hubbell, Carl (“Old Long Pants”), 66, 80

  Hudler, Rex, 11

  Hudson, Sid, 69, 214, 221

  Huffington Post, 318

  Huggins, Miller, 24, 134, 279

  I Am An American Day, 24–26, 29

  Ickes, Harold, 25

  In the Navy, 105

  “in the zone,” 88

  isolationists, 65

  Italian-Americans, 41–50

  ball players, 41–42

  deportation of, 42

  internment of, 290

  Mussolini and, 43

  non-citizen, 42, 42n

  prejudice against, 41–44

  Roosevelt’s note on, 149

  sabotage trial, 114

  Italy

  Mussolini and, 43

  World War II and, 44–45, 60, 61

  Jackson Heights, 198–202, 224

  Jackson Heights Hornets, 36, 37, 106–7, 111, 198–99, 202

  James, Bill, 325, 338, 341

  Jefferson Hospital, 210

  Jennings, Hughie, 230

  Jeter, Derek, 188, 319

  Jews, 66, 82, 169–70

  Joe DiMaggio Night, Seals Stadium, 294

  Joe DiMaggio’s Grotto, 46, 144, 149, 159, 160, 216–17, 275

  Johnson, Bob, 206, 209, 280

  Johnson, Hiram, 220–21

  Johnson, Walter, 36, 68–69, 108, 215

  Jolly Knights of North Beach, 294

  Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio, 239, 299, 317

  Journal American, 61, 132, 231

  Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 321

  Journal of the American Statistical Association, 321

  Journey to Baseball’s Alternate Universe, A (Strogatz), 333

  Judnich, Walt, 289

  Kahneman, Daniel, 324

  Keeler, Emma, 229

  Keeler, Wee Willie, 138, 146, 191, 243, 258, 263, 267, 339, 340

  baseball career, 228–31

  hitting streak, 226, 228

  playing style, 230

  as a “scientific hitter,” 230

  two-season streak, 263n

  “Keep the Home Fires Burning,” 28, 29

  Keller, Charlie (“King Kong”), 27, 31, 32, 33, 35, 41, 70, 98, 99, 107–8, 117, 122, 124, 146, 148, 174, 183, 209, 219, 223, 280, 284, 285

  Keltner, Ken, 74, 101, 303–4, 305, 308

  Kemeny, John G., 266

  Kennedy, Bob, 299

  Knickerbocker, Billy, 298

  knuckleballs, 219

  Kramer. Jack, 178

  Kuhel, Joe, 117

  Kuhn, Bowie, 261, 314

  Laabs, Chet, 30

  Lackritz, Jim, 338

  La Guardia, Fiorello, 24, 25, 81, 279

  Lajoie, Nap, 146, 230

  Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 208

  Lanier, Max, 66

  Lansford, Carney, 12

  Lazzeri, Tony, 4, 41, 50, 212

  League Park, Cleveland, 302

  Leak, Kelly, 339n

  Lee, Cliff, 318

  Lee, Thornton, 35, 102, 289

  Lend-Lease Act, 61, 63

  Leonard, Dutch, 214, 218–19

  Lewis, Buddy, 62, 101, 221

  Licata, James, 127

  Lieber, Jon, 193

  Lieberson, Stanley, 323

  Life magazine, 46, 141

  Lindbergh, Charles, 65, 277

  Lodigiani, Dairo, 50, 100, 101

  Logan, Pop, 118

  Log Cabin restaurant, Armonk, 239

  Lomax, Stan, 238

  Lombardi, Ernie, 50

  Long, Dale, 190

  Los Angeles Angels, 326

  Los Angeles Times, 318

  Louis, Joe, 83, 105, 282

  Conn/Louis fight, 124–29

  prejudice against, 126

  Louisville Slugger, 232–33, 299

  Lowell, Mike, 195

  Lucadello, Johnny, 29

  Lugosi, Bela, 157

  Lyons, Ted, 289, 311

  Mack, Connie, 45, 50, 204, 207, 235, 279

  Mack, Ray, 74, 304, 306

  Major League Baseball, 314

  Mancuso, Gus, 63–64, 66

  Manhattan Merry-Go-Round, 155

  Maniscalco, Paul, 56, 142

  Manning, Rick, 195

  Mantle, Mickey, 315

  Marino, Dan, 12

  Maris, Roger, 12, 342

  Martin, Bob, 257

  Mays, Willie, 246–47, 314, 315, 315n, 342

  McCarthy, Joe, 4, 26, 28, 41, 69, 70, 75, 76, 78–81, 98–99, 102, 103, 113, 117–18, 123, 129, 148, 173, 174, 177, 181, 183, 209, 214, 219, 223, 237, 258, 268, 279, 280, 306, 307

  on 45th hit, 243

  benchings by, 28

  managerial record, 19

  practical joking and, 289

  Yankee slump and, 19–21

  McCormick, Frank, 285

  McCotter, Trent, 340

  McCoy, Benny, 206, 207–8

  McCullough, Clyde, 66

  McDonald, Arch, 216

  McGill, Ben, 329–30, 330n

  McGowan, Bill, 222

  McGraw, John J., 230

  McKain, Archie, 51

  McLelland, Mike, 318

  McLemore, Ivy, 136–37

  McNair, Eric, 31

  McQuinn, George, 181–82

  McWilliams, Larry, 263–64, 265–66

  media

  DiMaggio and, 145, 172, 275, 276–78, 292, 308, 312

  game coverage, 241

  hitting streak and, 83, 121, 124

  interviews, 240

  Keeler’s record and, 226–27

  Rose, Pete, and, 257, 261, 265–66, 266n

  Sisler’s record and, 218, 220, 228

  Yankees’ treatment of, 133

  Medwick, Ducky, 39

  memory-retrieval tests, conscious brain and, 89

  Metheny, Bud, 216

  midbrain, 87

 
; military draft, 82, 277, 306

  deferrals, 28–29, 101, 208

  drafting of ball players for, 62

  extension of term of service, 290

  Jackson Heights and, 200

  Millar, Kevin, 195

  Millman, Mort, 154, 157

  Milnar, Al, 75, 119, 302

  Milwaukee Brewers, 195–96

  Mize, Johnny, 36, 38, 40, 281

  Mlodinow, Leonard, 337n

  Modeling Social Processes: Some Lessons for Sports (Lieberson), 323

  Molitor, Paul, 138, 191, 194

  hitting streak, 187, 195–96

  Monroe, Lucy, 28, 29

  Monroe, Marilyn, 13, 185, 253, 313

  Moore, Jo-Jo, 66

  Mooty, Jake, 66

  Morgan, Joe, 249, 255

  Morganna, 261

  Morrell, Petey, 199

  Moses, Edwin, 318

  Moskowitz, Gimpy, 37, 39

  Mrs. Robinson, 313

  Mulcahy, Hugh, 33, 62

  Muncrief, Bob, 98, 175–76, 312

  attempt to stop DiMaggio’s streak, 177–78

  childhood, 177

  Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, 74–75, 301–9

  Murphy, Johnny, 78, 307

  Muser, Tony, 195

  Musial, Stan, 255, 314, 315, 316

  Mussolini, Benito, 42, 43, 45, 101

  Mutual Broadcasting System, 281–82

  My Prison Without Bars (Rose), 245

  Nathan, Joe, 190

  National League

  All-Star Game, 280, 281–89, 303

  batting averages, 190

  statistics, 36, 37

  Nazis

  control of Europe by, 57–66

  persecution of Jews by, 169–70

  NBC, 157

  Ness, Jack, 294

  Newark, 47–48, 62

  Newark Bears, 49

  Newhouser, Hal, 167

  Newsom, Bobo (Buck), 147–48, 295

  Newsome, Heber, 240–42

  newsreels, 201–2

  New York Daily News, 132, 193

  New York Giants, 36, 46, 80, 126

  New York Mets, 196, 259–61

  New York Post, 167, 316

  New York Sun, 135

  New York Times, The, 44, 122, 240, 312, 333

  New York World-Telegram, 44, 118, 121, 132–33, 146, 292

  Nichols, Joseph, 44

  Nicholson, Bill, 63

  Niekro, Phil, 188, 263, 264

  night games, 67–69

  Nixon, Richard, 314

  Nolan, Joe, 265

  North Beach, San Francisco, 50, 159–62

  ’N Sync, 318

  O’Dea, June, 174. See also Gomez, June

  O’Doul, Lefty, 144–45, 275

  Okeh Records, 299

  Old Man and the Sea, The (Hemingway), 313

  Oliver, Darren, 190

  Olson, Clara, 156

  Olson, Dorothy Arnoldine. See also DiMaggio, Dorothy

  Olson, Irene, 161

  Olson, Joyce, 158, 164

  Olson, Victor Arnold, 156, 161

  O’Malley, Shawn, 318

  Osborne, Jim, 279

  Ott, Mel, 36, 37, 66, 80

  batting stance, 110

  Owen, Walter, 148

  Ozark, Danny, 258

  Pacific Coast League, 36–37, 70, 100, 110, 143, 151, 292, 293–96, 341

  ballplayers moving to major leagues, 295

  DiMaggio’s hitting streak with, 292, 293–96

  San Francisco Seals, 52, 144–45, 172, 205, 279

  Paige, Satchel, 314

  Painter, Doc, 236, 240

  Panza, Al, 198

  Paramount, 156

  Parolin, Father, 160

  Passarella, Art, 181

  Passeau, Claude, 283, 284–85

  patriotism

  I Am An American Day, 24–26

  Italians and, 44–45

  Peckinpaugh, Roger, 116–17, 119, 134, 302–3, 305

  Peek, Steve, 69

  Pegler, Westbrook, 44, 50

  Perez, Tony, 262

  Phantom Creeps, The, 157–58, 159

  Philadelphia Athletics, 50, 203–9, 278, 279, 280

  Philadelphia Phillies, 147, 257, 258

  Pine, Virginia, 164, 232

  Pipgras, George, 102

  pitchers, hitting streak and, 303

  pitching

  curveballs, 75, 219, 234–35, 304

  fastballs, 75, 219

  hitting streaks and, 189–90

  knuckleballs, 219

  screwballs, 234

  slideball (sailer), 205

  variety in, 304

  Pittsburgh Pirates, 52n

  Pittsburgh Steelers, 246

  Plain Dealer, 318

  Polanco, Placido, 328

  Polo Grounds, 37, 66, 125–29

  Powell, Jake, 51

  Powers, Jimmy, 238

  practical joking, 288–89

  Priddy, Jerry, 26, 122, 204

  probabilities

  Bernoulli trials, 336–38

  conditional, 337

  of DiMaggio-like streaks, 335

  factors influencing, 335–36

  of hitting streaks, 322–25, 327–33

  predictions and player performance, 340–41

  tests, 331–33

  uncertainty and, 338

  Pujols, Albert, 316

  Purcell, Edward M., 321, 343

  Queens, New York

  Italians in, 45–46, 50

  Roosevelt’s fireside chats heard in, 64

  Rachel Alexandra, 318

  Raft, George, 164, 232

  Raines, Tim, 194–95

  Rankin, John, 82

  Reed, Ron, 257

  Reiser, Pete, 281

  relief pitchers, 189

  Remez, Robert, 336

  Restelli, Dino, 162

  Richie the Boot, 48–49, 50, 278

  Rickey, Branch, 215

  Rigney, Bill, 110, 122, 124

  Rigney, Johnny, 24, 100, 122, 298–99

 

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