Joe DiMaggio died at 84, leaving one of the most enduring legacies in sports. Sportswriter Roger Angell of The New York remembers him. This interview aired on the Charlie Rose show on March 8, 1999.
Isn't it true that DiMaggio was reticent, not out of humility, but because he was woefully inarticulate and barely literate. I would add, though, that most athletes are not particularly fluent and perhaps, DiMaggio, at least, had the sense to know this about himself.
