Halfway through the last .400+ season in Major League history, Ted Williams demonstrated his flair for the dramatic with the first walk-off blast in All-Star Game history, turning a five to four defeat into a seven to five victory with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. On base, and scoring the tying run, was The Kid's Yankee nemesis Joe DiMaggio, forty-eight games into the greatest hitting streak in the existence of the Majors.