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It was a year of sports legends in the making. John looks at the 56-game-hitting streak of Joe DiMaggio, 23-year-old Ted Williams’ .406 batting average, and “Whirlaway” ? the horse that became the fifth ever to win the Triple Crown. (Whirlaway video after the jump.) We also hear from a retired legend: the great Babe […]

1941 was a year of sports legends in the making. John Hockenberry looks at the 56-game hitting streak of Joe DiMaggio and 23-year-old Ted Williams’ .406 batting average. We also hear from a retired legend: the great Babe Ruth.

The New York Yankees brought out the broomsticks this past weekend, sweeping the Boston Red Sox in four games. Joining The Takeaway to talk about this series and other news in sports is The Takeaway’s Sports Contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin.

Child baseball pitchers are being met with serious shoulder and elbow injuries, leading to a spike in ?Tommy John’ operations. Ron Berler of the New York Times Magazine joins The Takeaway with the details.

A new book charges famed pitcher Roger Clemens with using steroids. Nathaniel Vinton, one of the book’s authors and a journalist for the New York Daily News investigative sports team, joins The Takeaway.