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FROM NEWSDAY AND THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS:

Posted on August 2, 2016

56” is loaded with Americana — you can almost smell the marinara sauce simmering in Italian restaurants and hear the crackling of radios from New York to Los Angeles  as Americans everywhere began and ended their day by finding out if The Great DiMaggio  got a hit.

Kennedy combines the sweep of a historian, the narrative power of a novelist and the passion of a fan. “DiMaggio’s streak,” he concludes, “was the only event in baseball history that defied probabilistic explanation. In the end, The DiMaggio Enigma persists.” Of the 17,290 players who have appeared in the major leagues, “Only one of them had ever hit in 56 straight games.”

MEET THE AUTHOR

Kostya Kennedy is an editorial director at Dotdash Meredith, overseeing special editions under LIFE, People, EatingWell, Real Simple, Health, Entertainment Weekly and other brands. The editions cover topics including pop culture, health and wellness, food, lifestyle, music, and pets. He is a former assistant managing editor and senior writer at Sports Illustrated. He's been a staff writer at Newsday and has written for The New York Times, Time, FiveThirtyEight.com, The Huffington Post and The New Yorker. READ MORE

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