Ruth Built the House... DiMaggio Carried the Mortgage

Joe DiMaggio appeared in a very special Old Timers game at Yankee Stadium 60 years ago yesterday.

YANKEE STADIUM - July 29, 1962

There was almost 100% attendance yesterday at Yankee Stadium. No, I’m not referring to the 60,000 fans that jammed the ballpark. I mean the 1937 major league All-Stars. Such is the clout of the Yankee organization that the Bronx Bombers were able to assemble, for yesterday’s Old Timer’s Game, nearly every player who part…