On this episode of Our American Stories, the summer of 1941 belonged to two of baseball's greatest hitters. Ted Williams entered the final day of the season batting .39955. Rather than protect a mark that would have rounded to .400, he played both games of a doubleheader, went six for eight, and finished at .406. No major leaguer has hit .400 since.
Yet even Williams' season was overshadowed by what Joe DiMaggio was doing in New York. For 56 straight games, the Yankees star refused to go hitless as radio stations interrupted their programming to tell Americans whether the streak was still alive. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will tells the story of DiMaggio, Williams, and an unforgettable baseball season played in the gathering shadow of America's entry into World War II.
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