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| | Joe Di Maggio Dead at 84 - 1999 |
 | | Joe Di Maggio was 18 years old in 1932 when he joined the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, and played with them until his contract was sold to the New York Yankees. |
 | | But the Seals' management, which wanted to sell his contract in 1934 for $100,000, settled for $25,000 and the services of five other ball players, when he went to the Yankees for the 1936 season. |
 | | Joe Di Maggio, one of America's greatest baseball players, was born November 24, 1914, in Martinez, across the bay from San Francisco. |
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