Posted on 03/13/2023 8:30:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Joe Pepitone, the former Yankee known as much for his outlandish personality as his baseball career, died on Monday at 82, the team announced.
“The Yankees are deeply saddened by the passing of former Yankee Joe Pepitone, whose playful and charismatic personality and on-field contributions made him a favorite of generations of Yankees fans even beyond his years with the team in the 1960s,” the team said in a statement.
Pepitone, a Brooklyn native who was shot by a classmate in 1957, signed with the Yankees a year later and made his MLB debut with the organization in 1962.
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Perhaps in Iowa, but I gotta say I can’t EVER remember him being called that in Fun City.
Of course that was sixty or so years ago and the clouds ARE getting heavy.
My first major league game attended. Candlestick vs. Cubs. He got into an argument with an umpire over called strikes.
Then I read his book. It seems his mom was given a ride home by her boss and the father came running out threatening him if he ever did it again. Showed how f—ked up he started out.
Funny Pepitone story as told by Mickey Mantle recalling his 535th HR
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qdl6ABq6E3w
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