Author event: Joe, you can still make us proud

April 28, 2016

https://i0.wp.com/chicagosidesports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/joe_pepitone_book_you_coulda_made_us_proud.jpg?resize=152%2C218https://i1.wp.com/assets.rollingstone.com/assets/2015/media/195585/_original/1431363596/1035x1556-Joe-You-Coulda-Made-Us-Proud-9781613217702.jpg?resize=144%2C216Hard to believe it’s been 40 years since Joe Pepitone came out with his version of Ball Four with Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud, co-written with Berry Stainback. I remember getting this when it first came out as a selection of the short-lived Sports Illustrated Book Club.

It was re-issued last year as a paperback with a new epilogue (read, money grab).

As became the case in subsequent player memoirs, Pepitone tried to out-Bouton Jim Bouton with more outrageous tales of growing up as a juvenile delinquent in Brooklyn before straightening out (ha!) as a professional athlete.

Pepitone will participate in a two-part event at the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse in Manhattan on Friday, May 20. The first, “Cocktails, Stories & Fare with Joe Pepitone,” will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m., described by Bergino owner Jay Goldberg as “An intimate gathering…for fewer people than fill a Major League clubhouse. We’ll sit around, enjoy cocktails, beer, and fare while schmoozing and listening to stories from Joe.”

The cost is $125 per person and includes a gift bag consisting of

  • A signed copy of the book
  • Signed photograph
  • Signed baseball
  • Bring one item of your own for Joe to sign
  • Individual photo opportunity

The second part begins immediately thereafter and is open to the public. Items will be available for purchase/signing on an “a la carte” basis.

Space is extremely limited, RSVP here ASAP for the cocktail hour.

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