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Podcast: Classic Baseball Daily Highlights
Episode: July 16 - Joe DiMaggio hits in 56th straight
Description: On July 16, 1853 - The New York Clipper publishes what isbelieved to be the first tabulated boxscore of a baseball game. TheKnickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York defeated the Gotham Club 21-12 on July5.Shoeless Joe Jackson, the best major league player not inthe Hall of Fame was born on this day in 1887. Babe Ruth once said of Jackson "I copied Jackson's style because I thought hewas the greatest hitter I had ever seen.. He's the guy who made me a