Where Have You Gone Dom DiMaggio? Oh, St. Paul’s in Wellesley.

Dom – the Harpo of the DiMaggio clan – has resumed his place in the shadows of his brother and outfield mate, following Joe and Ted Williams into the grave at the age of 92. The 7-time All-Star spent his entire 11-year career with the Red Sox, hitting .298 with 7 100-run seasons, and a Red Sox record 34-game hitting streak in 1949. With the Sox, he had the two toughest jobs in baseball – center fielder, where he had to cover most of left while Ted practiced batting stances, and lead-off hitter, the first witness for Teddy Ballgame’s third degree on what the day’s opposing starter was throwing. Still, theirs was a more cordial relationship than he had with his brother. The joke in baseball was that Joe was the best hitter, Dom the best fielder and Vince was the best singer, and even Dom said that the only two things he did better than Joe were playing pinochle and speaking Italian, but Joe never missed the opportunity to burnish his own image and didn’t dissuade anyone of the supposition that his brothers followed on his coattails. As a member of the Red Sox for 11 years, the Little Professor contributed to the 84 years of heartache between titles. In the top of the 8^th inning of Game 7 of the 1946 World Series, his 2- run double tied the game 3-3, but he pulled a hamstring in the process. DiMaggio, who had already thrown out three runners in the series, was replaced by Leon Culberson, whose weak arm did nothing to deter Enos Slaughter from racing around from first to score the winning run in the bottom of the 8^th.