Joe DiMaggio in his first three 1949 games (June 28, 29, 30) wrecks Red Sox in Fenway Park SWEEP.

Joe DiMaggio:

Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	RE24	Pos
1	1406	66 (65)	Jun 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.750	1.667	2.417	4	.55	0.149	2.28	CF
2	1407	67	Jun 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.556	1.625	2.181	4	.93	0.281	2.55	CF
3	1408	68	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	1	0	0	.455	.571	1.545	2.117	4	1.29	0.130	1.52	CF

It's the stuff of legends. After missing the Yankees first 65 games in 1949 with bone spurs in his heel, the Great DiMaggio wakes up one morning and realizes: "the pain in the heel is gone". He accompanies the team to Boston to play for the first time that season. Ironically, the Yankees are in first place without DiMaggio.

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYY	41	24	.631	--	361	271	.628
PHA	37	29	.561	4.5	325	286	.558
BOS	35	28	.556	5.0	360	317	.558
DET	36	29	.554	5.0	329	308	.530
CLE	33	28	.541	6.0	262	235	.550
WSH	30	33	.476	10.0	270	307	.442
CHW	27	40	.403	15.0	301	357	.423
SLB	18	46	.281	22.5	274	401	.332

Quotes About The Great Joe DiMaggio in The Old Man and the Sea

Joe DiMaggio is bigger than God in Ernest Hemingway's ''The Old Man and the Sea'', and the source of motivation for Santiago, despite the unimaginable pain the old man is suffering.

'But I must have confidence and I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio who does all things perfectly even with the pain of the bone spur in his heel.'

'Do you believe the great DiMaggio would stay with a fish as long as I will stay with this one? he thought. I am sure he would and more since he is young and strong. Also his father was a fisherman.'

'My head is not that clear. But I think the great DiMaggio would be proud of me today. I had no bone spurs. But the hands and the back hurt truly.'

'Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio.'
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The Red Sox finish the season with two games in Yankee Stadium leading by one game. The Yankees win both and the 1949 pennant and then defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-1 in the World Series.

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYY	97	57	.630	--	829	637	.618
BOS	96	58	.623	1.0	896	667	.632
CLE	89	65	.578	8.0	675	574	.574
DET	87	67	.565	10.0	751	655	.562
PHA	81	73	.526	16.0	726	725	.501
CHW	63	91	.409	34.0	648	737	.441
SLB	53	101	.344	44.0	667	913	.360
WSH	50	104	.325	47.0	584	868	.326