Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio (1914–1999), also known as "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American baseball center fielder with the New York Yankees for his entire 13 year career. He is often considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, and has been the subject of many pop-culture references, including the lyrics of Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson."
==References==
*In the Sesame Street album track "Snow White and the Hundred Dwarfs" from Sleepytime Bird, one dwarf is named "DiMaggio" (along with another named after fellow Yankees player, Phil Rizzuto).
*DiMaggio's name is referenced on the backside copy of the "Pig Before a Mirror" postcard in the Miss Piggy's Art Treasures set.
*In the Sesame Street video The Alphabet Game, Dimples the Dog answers the tie-breaker question with a bark, which Sonny Friendly hears as the correct answer "roof." Big Bird argues that if the dog was asked "who was the greatest outfielder the Yankees ever had," his bark would have been heard as "Ruth!" Big Bird's rabbit friend incorrectly replies "DiMaggio?"
* The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "At the Old Bear Game" has Bear giving Pip and Pop his album of baseball cards, which feature such players as Joe DiMagpie (spoofing DiMaggio).
* Another parody of DiMaggio, Joe DiMonstrio, graces Elmo's lucky baseball card in Sesame Street Episode 5012. The card reappears in Episode 5127, as part of Elmo's family treasure box.
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