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Podcast: Classic Baseball Daily Highlights
Episode: July 16 - Joe DiMaggio extend his streak to 56 games - Vintage Baseball Reflections
Description: July 16 1853 - The New York Clipper publishes what is believed to be the first tabulated boxscore of a baseball game. The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York defeated the Gotham Club 21-12 on July 5 July 16 1887 - Born on this day, Shoeless Joe Jackson, the best MLB not in the Hall of Fame. His swing was so good, folk lure says Babe Ruth copied it. Jackson, was implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal as part of the 8 men through the World Series. Jackson has the second highest career batting average in MLB history at .356...