when did Joe DiMaggio quiets as a player?
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He retired in 1951, Mickey Mantle's rookie season.
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There have been 10 managers in the last fifty years that were still active players in their debut year as major-league managers:\n\nPete Rose 1984-1986\nDon Kessinger 1979\nJoe Torre 1977\nFrank Robinson 1975-1976 \nYogi Berra 1964-1965\nGil Hodges 1963\nEl Tappe 1961-1962 \nHank Bauer 1961\nSolly Hemus 1959\nHarry Walker 1955\n\nPrevious to the 1955 season there were numerous Player/Managers. To many to list in fact.\nHeres a list of the numbers by decade:\n1870s...45 \n1880s...42 \n1890s...43 \n1900s...31 \n1910s...35 \n1920s...17 \n1930s...13 \n1940s...9 \n1950s...8 \n1960s...4 \n1970s...4 \n1980s...1
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Why should I feel sorry for him?  He's the one associating with known steroid users.  If he wants the media to leave him alone, then he should retire.  I'm sick of him whining.  I couldn't imagine how much baseball ratings would decline if he broke the record.
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After being released by the Tigers in 2003, he signed a minor-league contract with the Cardinals. After spending a couple weeks at AAA, he announced his retirement from baseball after no other teams showed interest in his services.
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Sad. He and all of the other baseball players who took steroids should not be anywhere in the record books. And for those who say he has not tested positive - get real. NO ONE hits a growth spurt in their late 30's. His head his huge, his body is breaking down, and his nuts are probably raisins by now. How can anyone have sympathy for this guy. He is a liar, a cheater, and a jerk. Baseball has let guys like this get out of hand to sell a product that is filled with overpaid under achieving pseudo athletes. They tried to turn a cheek to boost sales to an otherwise boring game. SAD!
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Sammy is out of the league right now.  Although he has NOT officially retired, he is done with playing baseball as he knows it.  Expect him to disappear as Albert Belle did 5 or so years ago...
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Present day player is Derek Jeter. All time was Mickey Mantle, with Thurman Munson a close second. You can tell I'm not a Yankee fan.... lol!
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Some i remember, not all by any means: Dan Quisenberry, Bret Saberhagen, Buddy Biancalana, Frank White, Steve Balboni.. and that is all i remember! Just search for these names on yahoo - you'll find the rest for sure! Cheers!\n\nHere you can find the rest: (just looked it up)\nhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1985&t=KCA
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I remember him. He used to play on the same team with Dale Murphy. He was a very good power hitter and a decent 3rd baseman.
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What a great baseball name.  Amalfitano continues to teach his 50+ years of knowledge of baseball, most recently serving as a spring training instructor and minor league instructor for the San Francisco Giants.  The Giants brought him on in 2005.\n\nHis work with the Giants wasn't without controversy.  Amalfitano had previously been working in player development for the Dodgers.  He was rather unceremoniously let go after his contract ran out after the 2004 season.  Amalfitano had previously worked for the Giants from 1999-2001 and before that had been a coach for the Dodgers, so bouncing back and forth wasn't a huge deal.\n\nAmalfitano continues to be employed by the Giants as a roving minor league infield instructor, as his contract was renewed in January 2006.
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Who eventually scored on the play on a double to the gap in left-center that cleared the bases and triggered a 5 run rally. They eventually won the game 7-6 in 11 innings. Where is What is a true statement. What had a sex change and became known as Where in the mid 1970's. She died in 1988 of lung cancer in Truth-Or-Consequences, New Mexico. 3rd Baseman I Don't Know went on to have a solid career. Lifetime stats showed he hit 221 Home runs and drove in 782 in a 15 seasons, collected 3 world series rings with the New York Yankees, and played in 4 All-Star Games. He later on managed in the minors and also won 2 league titles there. Short Stop I Don't Give A Darn bounced around the majors playing for several clubs finshing with the Washington Senators in 1948. Left Fielder Why wrapped up a Hall of Fame career in 1958 for the Milwaukee Braves where he teamed with a young Henry Aaron in forming one of the most feared hitting tandems ever seen in the National League. Also hit .333 in the World Series that year. Career stats show 3,091 hits 427 home runs and over 1,300 career RBI. Entered the Hall of Fame in 1964 on his second try at entry. Center Fielder Because had a career ending injury in 1943 after slamming into the wall in Wrigley Field trying to catch a line drive off the bat of Andy Pafko. Catcher Today was optioned to the minors immediately following the game mentioned in the question and never returned to the majors. He did manage 3 teams in the majors however, and had moderate success coming within 2 games of the World Series in 1965 with the San Francisco Giants. Pitcher Today also had a Hall-of-Fame career. He ended a 22 year career in 1963 with the Chicago White Sox with a record of 283-160 with an ERA of 3.29. Also was the winning pitcher of the 1949 All-Star Game and drove in a run with a squeeze bunt in the 7th inning. Elected to the Hall in 1974 on his 6th try. The right fielder remains unnamed to this day since he was banned from baseball for life for gambling on games. Even his name has been removed from all baseball records.
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A. Francouer is not having a fluke season. He is having a sophmore slump.\nB. Neither is Swisher.  This is a sign of things to come.  Billy Beane has always believed that he would be great player and now he is.\n \nShelton is a fluke\nMaddux isn't\nWe'll have to see about Arroyo. I wish the Bosox hadn't traded him!
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The Yanks needed young arms and got rid of a large contract.  Maybe the pitchers will work out maybe they won't.  But there was no room for Sheff anymore and there was no way he was going to play first.  Anyway he's been a real jerk the last few months.  I liked him, they will miss his bat, but they need young arms(hell just younger players period).
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Ted Williams & Joe DiMaggio
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Joe DiMaggio........NY Yankees\nTed Lyons...........Chicago White Sox\nDazzy Vance.........Brooklyn Dodgers\nGabby Hartnett......Chicago Cubs
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Sadly I would have to agree with you and say that everyone was turning a blind eye to the steroid problem.  The strike of 1994/1995 struck a serious blow to the game that really it has not recovered from.  I hope the independant investigator takes a long look at Selig.
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