This vintage baseball paperback book Lucky To Be A Yankee by Joe DiMaggio (#506, 1949), with another fine cover illustration by Hy Rubin showing "Joltin’ Joe’s" classic swing. In this one the back cover blurbs tell us, "The Yankee Clipper" tells his own thrill-packed story. Jolting Joe DiMaggio gives you the home-run thrill of a lifetime – the success story of a San Francisco waterfront kid who climbed into the glorious flannel of the New York Yankees, told with a smack of authenticity as sharp as the crack of his slashing bat. Hear Joe DiMaggio tell of his greatest moments – the 56-game hitting streak, the World Series homers, the gloved-hand catch that robbed Hank Greenberg – and hear him tell just as honestly of his dismal afternoon in the 1936 all-star game when he won hands down the distinction of being the goat of the classic. There are some who say DiMaggio is the game’s greatest ballplayer – greater than Williams, Musial, and Feller – but the long-striding Clipper just says he’s – "Lucky to Be a Yankee!"

Also see: CLASSIC BASEBALL PAPERBACKS OF THE ‘40s & ‘50s

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