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"Joe DiMaggio was the greatest living baseball player and represented the very best of American sports.
He was the personification of Yankee pride. He led his team to greatness, World Series after World Series. He set records, which may never be broken. And he was always a man of dignity and class. He was also a good friend to New York City.
All of us will miss him at Yankee Stadium. We were all uplifted for having known him.
I am comforted, as are all New Yorkers, that we informed him before he died that the West Side Highway will be renamed the Joe DiMaggio Highway. As long as baseball is played, Joe DiMaggio will exemplify the very best."