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Baseball Trivia

By Tim Zinnecker

On this date in 1941, the New York Yankees defeated the hometown Cleveland Indians by a score of 4-3.

And Joe DiMaggio's record-shattering 56-game hitting streak came to an abrupt end (thanks in big part to two fantastic stabs at the hot corner by Cleveland's Kenny Keltner).

During the streak, DiMaggio collected hits off of four pitchers who are now enshrined in baseball's Hall of Fame.  Can you name any of them?

Pictured:  Card #38 in the Nu-Card Hi-Lites set from 1960.

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on July 17, 2010 (boomark / email).