On May 15, 1941, Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees starts his record-setting 56-game hitting streak by collecting a single in four at-bats against the Chicago White Sox . DiMaggio’s first victim is Sox pitcher Ed Smith. Joe D’s hit goes unnoticed as the Yankees lose, 13 – 1. Taffy Wright homers a
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