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Joe Pepitone

Lest We Forget: A Sad Tripleheader

March 14, 2023

It’s been a tough week. We lost three former players, each of whom were icons in their own right. On February 28, Jean Faut, a star pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, died at the age of 98. From The New York Times‘ obit by Richard Sandomir: Over eight seasons, the right-handed Faut […]

Tagged as: Jean Faut, Jesus Alou, Joe Pepitone

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Author event: Joe, you can still make us proud

April 28, 2016

Hard 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 […]

Tagged as: Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, Joe Pepitone, New York Yankees

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Baseball best-sellers, May 15, 2015

May 15, 2015

NEW STUFF: I have been posting these things long enough now that a few have commented that the introductory section isn’t necessary anymore. But I’m leaving it in because, to paraphrase Joe DiMaggio when asked why he played so hard all the time, there may be people who’ve never read the best-seller entries before. So… […]

Tagged as: baseball business, baseball instructionals, Bengie Molina, Billy Martin, Boston Red Sox, Derek Jeter, Joe Pepitone, Jorge Posada, Michael Lewis, New York Yankees, Oakland As, Pedro Martinez, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb

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Coming down the pike: New baseball titles, Part III — The next Moneyball and re-issues

January 15, 2015

The next Moneyball? * A few “inside baseball (business)” pieces coming up: In Pursuit of Pennants: Baseball Operations from Deadball to Moneyball by long-time SABR members Mark Armour and Daniel Leviit. John Pessah adds to this sub-genre with The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball’s Power Brokers. Lonnie Wheeler’s Intangiball: The Subtle […]

Tagged as: baseball business, Boston Red Sox, Branch Rickey, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cal Ripken Jr., Glenn Burke, Harvey frommer, Jackie Robinson, Joe Pepitone, Mickey Mantle, Moneyball, New York Yankees, Pete Golenbock

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Literary baseball birthdays: Marquard and Pepitone

October 9, 2010

Happy birthday, Joe. Can’t believe you’re 70 today. The title of his book — Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud, written with Berry Stainback and published in 1975 — was perfect. He was pretty good — a three time All-Star and Golve Glove winner — but had the bad timing to be on the Yankees […]

Tagged as: Joe Pepitone, Rube Marquard

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