Synopsis

A portrait of Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), baseball’s celebrated “Yankee Clipper,” examines how he cultivated, and fiercely protected, an aura of effortless grace, both as a player and in his personal life—an image his biographer, Richard Ben Kramer, labels "the hero's game." During his thirteen seasons with the Yankees, DiMaggio contributed to nine World Series victories. His private life, as recounted by former teammate Jerry Coleman, was equally legendary: “She was the greatest woman in the worl