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56 Straight

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On the second pitch of Joe DiMaggio’s first at bat against the Indians, he smashed a liner down the third base line. If third baseman Ken Keltner had been playing in a traditional position, it would have been a double. But he was playing deep and shaded toward the line. He backhanded it and threw DiMaggio out by a step.