Joe DiMaggio catches a sinking line drive off his shoetops to rob his brother Dom of hitting streak

On August 9, 1949, Dom DiMaggio who was hitless in his first four at-bats against Yankee hurler Vic Raschi, sees his brother Joe DiMaggio catches a sinking line drive off his shoetops to rob his brother Dom of a base hit. The hit would have extended DiMaggio’s hitting streak to 35 games.

The Red Sox win, 6 – 3, to move 5 1/2 games behind the Yankees. Dom had started his streak after going hitless against Raschi.

Dom also known as the Little Professor when then go on to hit in the next 9 straight.

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