s;s parents only spoke Italian (Allen, 24)." Joe went to a well respected high school, where the kids came from wealthy families and had everything, the opposite of Joe's family. In 1931, during the height of the depression, Joe DiMaggio dropped out of high school. With little education and no skills, he worked as a laborer on the docks. He crated oranges, he worked in the cannery, he delivered groceries, and he helped load trucks. But as he worked, he came to realize that baseball was the only thing he enjoyed doing, it was the one thing he was good at. He also discovered that people could actually make a living at it. (Allen, 26). It was on the baseball field that Joe defined himself. Within the lines, it did not matter who your parents were, or what kind of clothing you wore. All that mattered was if you could hit, run, catch, and throw. And Joe could do that better than anyone. The major leagues were a far away dream, an unreal hope for most (Allen, 27). But Joe was determined, he joined a minor league team called the San Francisco Seals in 1932. Joe DiMaggio made his professional debut in the final week of the 1932 season as a shortstop.
             In his first at bat, he hit a triple. He played there for three years and hit in each of 6
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