DiMaggio Died Watching His Beloved Red Sox

[UNHWildCats]

Though ill with pneumonia, Dom DiMaggio was doing something he loved -- watching the Red Sox play, and play well -- when he died this morning in his Marion home.

Son by his side, the former Red Sox center fielder was watching the replay of Thursday night's game, when his team scored 12 runs in the sixth inning en route to a 13-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

"I was there and we were watching it together," said his son Dominic Paul DiMaggio Jr. of Atkinson, N.H. "It was peaceful."

Mr. DiMaggio's children, gathered at their parents' home today, shared recollections of the family man who was as powerful a presence while helping his wife, Emily, raise their family in Wellesley as he was at bat and in the field for the Red Sox.

"As I was telling a friend of mine, in the course of civilization, he was in the 90th percentile," his son said.

Emily Colette DiMaggio of Wayland said her father "was such a great teacher of how to live a life, and to love and pass it on. He created a loving family and just gave us so much. We were just lucky."

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... aggio.html




Red Sox To Honor Dom DiMaggio Friday
The Red Sox formed a huge number 7 in the centerfield grass this afternoon in tribute to longtime centerfielder Dom DiMaggio, who died at 92 today. The grounds crew is putting the finishing touches on the 7 right now. DiMaggio played his entire career, from 1940 to 1953, in centerfield for the Red Sox.

[Col Hogan]

I read that on the Globe site this afternoon...if his son wasn't helping the legend, he got to watch a doozie of an inning in that game last night before passing away...

And the # mowed into center field is a very nice touch...

[TwinTownBisonFan]

if i was a retired big leaguer, i'd really want to go that way... just nod off watching my old team on the tube from my house in florida and never wake up... in all reality... i cant think of much better.

[JoltinJoe]

Though ill with pneumonia, Dom DiMaggio was doing something he loved -- watching the Red Sox play, and play well -- when he died this morning in his Marion home.

Son by his side, the former Red Sox center fielder was watching the replay of Thursday night's game, when his team scored 12 runs in the sixth inning en route to a 13-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

"I was there and we were watching it together," said his son Dominic Paul DiMaggio Jr. of Atkinson, N.H. "It was peaceful."

Mr. DiMaggio's children, gathered at their parents' home today, shared recollections of the family man who was as powerful a presence while helping his wife, Emily, raise their family in Wellesley as he was at bat and in the field for the Red Sox.

"As I was telling a friend of mine, in the course of civilization, he was in the 90th percentile," his son said.

Emily Colette DiMaggio of Wayland said her father "was such a great teacher of how to live a life, and to love and pass it on. He created a loving family and just gave us so much. We were just lucky."

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... aggio.html




Red Sox To Honor Dom DiMaggio Friday
The Red Sox formed a huge number 7 in the centerfield grass this afternoon in tribute to longtime centerfielder Dom DiMaggio, who died at 92 today. The grounds crew is putting the finishing touches on the 7 right now. DiMaggio played his entire career, from 1940 to 1953, in centerfield for the Red Sox.

To say DiMaggio played from 1940 through 1953 is misleading, because his career was interrupted by WWII and he did not play in 1942, 1943, 1944, or 1945. But for that interruption in the prime of his career, we would be also adding to the tributes today that he is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.