Talk:Joe DiMaggio

message: You still got a problem with this statement: "Ironically, Giuseppe and Rosalia weren't citizens of Italy because their native Isola delle Femmine (a small island 15 km from Palermo) was part of Sicily, and Sicily was not annexed by Italy until 1946."
As you can read in Wikipedia's own article on Sicily, the island has been part of Italy since 1860 (when the Italian state was actually formed through the union of a plethora of smaller and larger states). Not only did it not become a part of Italy in 1946, but it is in 1946 that Sicily received some form of autonomy from the central government. Now I don't know if and why DiMaggio's parents weren't Italian citizens (most likely, because they had simply given it up or somehow lost it), but it isn't because Sicily wouldn't have been part of Italy.
Quatrocentu 00:22, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sicily 

message: What is DiMaggio in this category? I don't see anything about it in the text. Bhumiya/Talk 02:30, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former Catholic? 

message: This statement....
DiMaggio, Duane Sutter, Ken Morrow, John Havlicek, Satch Sanders, KC Jones, Jerry Coleman, Hank Bauer and Gene Guarilia are the only athletes in pro sports history to win 4 championships in their first 4 seasons. 
...is completely wrong. Those members of the Cleveland Browns who began with the AAFC won FIVE championships in the their first five years -- four in the AAFC, and their first championship when they entered the NFL -- a feat that beats this. I've removed it. 140.116.55.72 14:17, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Only Pro Atheletes to Win Four Championships 

message: In the next generation series of the Star Trek genre, DiMaggio comes up. In 1987 in "The Big Goodbye (TNG episode)", Data tells Picard that DiMaggio's streak will last until 2012, when a shortstop for the London Kings will break the record. The shortstop is finally named in "If Wishes Were Horses (DS9 episode)", as Buck Bokai, a player of Japanese heritage. The London Kings, probably one of the first overseas expansion teams of North American Major League Baseball, played at Battersea Stadium, according to the novel Federation.
Is this information worthy of inclusion in the main article?
GBC 22:34, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  DiMaggio in fiction/folklore 

message: Says that Joe D. was rumored to be involved with Morgan Fairchild in the 50's/early 60's?  Is there another Morgan Fairchild I'm not aware of?  The M.F. of Old Navy fame (the one who this article links to) was born in 1950, you do the math. BrianO 21:22, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal Life 

message: Shouldn't the whole Say It Ain't So Joe be mentioned?
"Say it ain't so Joe" was attributed to Shoeless Joe Jackson, and his alleged throwing of the 1919 World Series.  Joe Dimaggio has nothing to do with that saying.
:Well, not exactly; it was attributed to a kid, who supposedly said it to Shoeless Joe as he left the ballpark shortly after the Black Sox allegations were announced -- as in, "Please tell us it's not true."  Unfortunately there is no evidence that it ever actually happened; it's an urban legend.  But yes, it certainly has nothing to do with DiMaggio. DoctorJoeE (talk) 14:39, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Say It Ain't So Joe 

message: There has been some discussion as to whether we (the Living Trust Network) should be able to add a reference under an External Links or other section to Joe's Last Will and Testament, which would be accessible on our web site via a hyperlink.  See our talk page (livingtrust) and the administrator's section.  We believe that it would be valuable information that is in keeping with the information provided in this article.  The opinions expressed by others seem to suggest that we should make the request here so that independent administrators could make an informed decision as to whether the link should be allowed or not.  For your information, the link to our site is [Last Will and Testament of Joe DiMaggio.
I suppose we would be willing to add the entire Last Will and Testament to this article, but it seems that a link is in keeping with the format of this - and other - articles.  For example, Wikipedia already allows a link to the Last Will and Testament of Doris Duke on CourtTV.com.
Thank you for considering our request.  Livingtrust 00:33, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joe DiMaggio's Last Will and Testament 

message: Seems perfectly reasonable to me...does anyone object to my putting up the link?
Invisible Flying Mangoes 14:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I won't take a position on the merits of the link, but I've removed it for now because it was added by an anonymous user apparently attempting to promote the site, rather than as a result of consensus. Wmahan. 05:19, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Vote on Adding Link

message: Under the Yankee Clipper section, a line reads: "He amassed 1800 home runs, averaged 2000 runs batted in (RBI) annually, compiled a .325 lifetime batting average while winning two American League batting titles, and struck out only 1 time."
The 1800 home runs and 2000 RBI per season are both incorrect information, if nothing else because the current career home run record stands at less than 800 and to average 2000 RBI in a season would be nearly impossible (requiring, in a 500 at-bat season, four RBI for every at-bat).
In the Personal Life section another set of lines reads: "In January 1937, DiMaggio met acter Frank Sinatra on the set of Manhattan Merry Go-Round. They married at San Francisco's Catholic SS Peter and Paul on November 19, 1939 as 20,000 well-wishers jammed the streets."
More simply, actor is spelled incorectly, and more glaringly, Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio were never married.  This is probably referring to his marriage to Marilyn Monroe. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.228.82.206 (talk) 07:42, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some editing needed 

message: Just a note, for anyone who's curious. I'm rating this a start class article because it doesn't have a single reference, and WP assessment standards are clear about B-class articles needing at least one reference. In my opinion, an article this long should have a few to reach that level. In all other areas, this is a B-class article, and I think with some sourcing and weasel-word-removal, this could go up for good-article assessment. Djrobgordon 18:28, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rating 

message: There's a problem with this sentence: "Oddly, both of the books contain inaccuracies, salacious gossip, unsubstantiated claims and rely on the same discredited sources. Both state Joe thought Marilyn was murdered due to her involvement with the Kennedy Family; Cramer even claims the coroner who performed her autopsy "took a dive.""
Oddly, the above paragraph doesn't give a citation from a published source that verifies that the books are indeed inaccurate, salaciously gossipy, and unsubstantiated. I think that's a problem with the whole article: there is editorialization throughout that certainly isn't neutral. Or am I just wrong and it's acceptable by Wikipedia standards? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.42.6.80 (talk) 06:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality issue 

message: The Infobox states that Joe DiMaggio's final game with the Yankees occurred on September 30, 1951. The Yankees won the 1951 pennant and the 1951 World Series, which was played in October, 1951. Joe DiMaggio's final game was game six of the 1951 World Series, which could not have occurred on September 30. We all know that the World Series is the October Classic. The information in the Infobox needs to be corrected.
Anthony22 01:50, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Question About Joe DiMaggio's Final Game

message: Is it just me, or are we starting to get too many lists in the See also section? --After Midnight 0001 01:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Three more lists were just added.  I would appreciate some additional comments here before I start removing things. --After Midnight 0001 13:43, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lists 

message: See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 10:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations & References

message: shouldn't we arrange his Yankee career by the year. That is what he is most famous for and and it seems pretty short. Ramgar11 (talk) 18:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  arrange "yankee Clipper" by  year 

message: What is the origin and meaning of the name "Yankee Clipper"? The section with that title doesn't elaborate. -Phoenixrod (talk) 17:17, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yankee Clipper 

message: The pronunciation of "DiMaggio" in Italian would be quite similar to the version you use in English, only the last "i" is not actually pronounced (it's a marker indicating that the "g" is a soft and not a hard one): it would then be "di-MAH-joh", not (as currently written in the article) "di-MA-zhee-oh". As a matter of fact, there is no way to write the ʒ phoneme in Italian orthography! There is a slight possibility that DiMaggio's parent's dialect used ʒ instead of dʒ, but that does not sound like Sicilian to me (though I'm a northerner, so corrections are welcome; as far as I know only the dialect of Valtellina uses ʒ instead of dʒ). In any case, we do have something as a "standard Italian pronunciation" in the Italian language, so that one should be used unless there are compelling reasons to do otherwise. 78.53.204.100 (talk) 21:06, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ciao amico/a mio/a.  In Sicily, we do have Sicilian pronunciations of our surnames, yes it's true.  However, since Sicilian last names haven't existed for hundreds of years, and since this is an official biography, we should follow the standard Italian pronunciation (in English phonetics /dee-MAH-joe/).  You might find it interesting to know that prior to the 1700s, records indicate our surnames written in Old Sicilian (just as the Sardinians still do).  However, this was changed when Sicily became tied to the mainland which began to use Italian after Latin.  Sadly, our surnames and names were Italianized in an erratic manner, without any sense.  This also happened to our town names which Mussolini changed during Fascism because he wanted Italy to be united, and didn't want Sicily to have Sicilian names, because Sicily had to be Italian in his crazy head.  An example: Zabut became Sambuca!  The translation of a name from Sicilian to Italian depended on the ears of the Italian notary who was listening to our Sicilian pronunciation and translating it.  For example, the name of Arabic origins Qasr-Yànnah became Italianized to Castrogiovanni even though when translated, they have NO similarities whatsoever!  This process of Italianization of Sicilian last names, and town names was a bizarre one on the part of Italian colonizers.  Now What I want to say about Joe DiMaggio is that Di Maggio also has foreign origins.  You may think this surname is related to the month of May ("maggio") but as you may know in Sicilian we use "maiu" or "maju".  Therefore, Italianization would have led to the surname "Di Maio".  Since we have Di Maggio instead, I want to tell you something interesting.  In Sicily we have Arbereshe colonies since the 1400s in the towns of Contessa Entellina, Piana degli Albanesi, Mezzojuso, Palazzo Adriano, and Santa Cristina Gela.  In Piana degli Albanesi, Arbereshe is an official language and taught in the schools as you can see here by their website.  What I want to say is the surname Di Maggio is actually of Arbereshe origins and used to be written Di Maxho.  There is even a famous cultured person from Piana degli Albanesi with that name [Zef Skiroi Di Maxho (Giuseppe Schirò Di Maggio)].  Further, you can see how popular Di Maggio is in the province of Palermo and Western Sicily where the Arbereshe villages are by looking at [the Gens website map].  So I hope this helps you understand.  Di Maggio is the Italianization of the Siculo-Arbershe surname Di Maxho, very popular in that part of Sicily.  However, despite our vibrant past and rich linguistic history, the surnames have been Italianized now (unfortunately).  Therefore, the official pronunciation follows the standard Italian.  Tante belle cose, --Siciliano69 (talk) 08:55, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: * DiMaggio’s diary - $33 a word - The Diary Junction Blog
as a possible External Link for this WIkipedia entry?
--Pikle (talk) 10:24, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can I propose 

message: So, um, what did he do between 1955 and 1999?  Besides hang around a bit with Marilyn Monroe?
75.22.205.212 (talk) 01:52, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  After baseball 

message: In the Marilyn Monroe section it says: "Richard Ben Cramer asserts that it (their relationship) was also violent. One incident allegedly happened after the skirt-blowing scene in The Seven Year Itch was filmed on September 14, 1954 in front of New York's Trans-Lux Theater. Then-20th Century Fox's East Coast correspondent Bill Kobrin told the Palm Springs Desert Sun that it was Billy Wilder's idea to turn the shoot into a circus. The couple then had a "yelling battle" in the theater lobby"  Well, the problem is, yelling does not constitute an incident of violence. If Cramer did assert that the relationship was violent, a better example should be found. Dlabtot (talk) 00:44, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Violent relationship with MM? 

message: I just invoked the bold, revert, discuss cycle by trimming and tagging the article of statements and paragraphs that I felted smacked of WP:WEASEL, WP:PEACOCK, or that I felt needed to be cited. If you have a bone to pick with me about this, please leave a civil message at my talkpage, or, if the discussion involves multiple people, leave one here and give me a  notice. --I dream of horses (T) @  20:52, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bold, revert, discuss 

message: Not only was Joe Dimaggio proud to be Italian American - according to this , Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), Baseball Hall of Fame Considered the greatest Italian-American athlete ever. Please don't revert again...Modernist (talk) 02:58, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Joe Dimaggio as Italian American

message: Should Roy Hobbes from 'The Natural' be included in the pop culture area?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.55.180.8 (talk) 20:27, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see a connection. In the film Hobbs strikes out 'the Whammer' based on 'the Babe' and Dimaggio was never a pitcher...Modernist (talk) 21:05, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Natural (Film) 

message: Did The Beatles ever do a cover of "Mrs. Robinson?"  It's not listed on the Wikipedia page for the song.  I don't recall it ever being on a Beatles' album.Jtyroler (talk) 19:54, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Musical References 

message: What happened with his first wife? Divorced?  Died? When? It doesn't say.173.21.54.229 (talk) 21:33, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  First marriage 

message: Viewing the article, I think it's a bit jumbled chronologically, since this is a biography article. I suggest moving the section on "Wartime" higher up on the page. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 00:07, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chronology 

message: Something that no one seems to know, or care- except me. The most amazing lifetime ratio of Home Runs to strikeouts is not Ted Williams' 521HR's to 790 KO's. It's Joe D's 361 HR's to 369 KO's- is he kidding us with that stat? :)Dcrasno (talk) 01:46, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  An unheralded and 'unknown' stat/"record" 

message: This topic seems important and should be semi-protected to prevent vandalism.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norex (talk • contribs) 00:38, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should be Semi-Protected 

message: This is a good article. It's well written and it flows very well. I made some minor changes and improved the layout. I just have a question.
Should "Bombshells" under the "Television" section be really indented? Is it an episode of M*A*S*H?
ICE77 (talk) 18:52, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comment and question 

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message: Hi, all.
DiMaggio wrote a song in 1941 with Harold Adamson called "In the Beauty of Tahoe", published by Larry Spier, Inc. (https://huntauctions.com/live/imageviewer_online.cfm?auction_num=27&lot_num=911&lot_qual=) but don't know where in the article to add it. Maybe someone can figure it out. 47.152.245.51 (talk) 03:31, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Song 

message: In the final sentence of the section on his relationship with Marilyn Monroe, the article mentions the claim that DiMaggio's final words were "I'll finally get to see Marilyn." This portion of the article also notes that DiMaggio's brother disputes the legitimacy of the quote. Just a few paragraphs lower, in the "Death" section, however, the quote is slightly different and is presented as fact. This doesn't seem like an ideal arrangement. How should this be handled? Lepricavark (talk) 03:20, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Final words 

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message: I recently changed Joe DiMaggio's last MLB appearance from September 30, 1951 (regular season), to October 10, 1951, which was Game 6 of the 1951 World Series. Apparently, some people feel that "last MLB appearance" goes as only as far the regular season, which is incorrect. If the World Series is not an MLB appearance, I don't know what is. MLB records and statistics include post-season play. DiMaggio's and everybody else's MLB statistics include the post-season.
Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs, many of which were tallied in the World Series. Jackie Robinson ended his professional career on an ignominious note when he struck out to end his career and the 1956 World Series. If you go over to Robinson's Wikipedia page, you will see that his last MLB appearance is shown as October 10, 1956, which was Game 7 of the World Seris.
Joe DiMaggio's last MLB appearance was on October 10, 1951, NOT September 30, 1951.Anthony22 (talk) 12:55, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was Joe DiMaggio's last MLB appearance on September 30, 1951 or October 10, 1951? 

message: Marie-Claire King is well-respected and this story is too unlikely to have been invented.  What possible reason could Dr. King have for making it up?  The citation is as reputable a source (more reputable, in fact) than many others in the article, therefore why write "According to ... " twice in this section.
"According to American geneticist Mary-Claire King, in the spring of 1981 DiMaggio babysat her daughter at the San Francisco airport so King could drop her mother off to her flight to Chicago. According to King, if it were not for DiMaggio's kindness, she would have almost certainly missed her own flight that was taking her and her daughter to Washington, D.C., a trip that eventually resulted in King's getting her first major grant from the National Institutes of Health and the discovery of the breast and ovarian cancer-causing gene, BRCA1.[62]"
I propose it be changed to "In the spring of 1981 DiMaggio babysat the daughter of American geneticist Mary-Claire King at the San Francisco airport so King could drop her mother off to her flight to Chicago. If it were not for DiMaggio's kindness, she would have almost certainly missed her own flight that was taking her and her daughter to Washington, D.C., a trip that eventually resulted in King's getting her first major grant from the National Institutes of Health and the discovery of the breast and ovarian cancer-causing gene, BRCA1.[62]"
There's no reason for the 'according to'  It sounds like she is not trusted cos she's a woman.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:646:8380:5020:7D44:F4F5:9C78:6C9C (talk) 01:52, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Qualify this Section? 

message: The song "Without the Love" by Demi Lovato mentions DiMaggio and could be added to the list. Alisio Star (talk) 18:34, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demi Lovato Song