DiMaggio was a class act toward genuine fans. My mother was in a Disney hotel lobby and recognized DiMaggio standing by himself. So she went up to him and introcuced herself as a former New York girl who was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan and saw him play for the Yankees. They reminisced together about that era and several games that my mother attended. DiMaggio then saw that his party had arrived, so he asked if my mother had any sons who played baseball. And then he wrote out a personalized autographs for my two brothers in Little League.
Great story about The Yankee Clipper.