Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud

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At age seventeen Joe Pepitone signed with the New York Yankees, and soon experts were predicting that he would be the team's next superstar. He could run, throw, and field, and he had a sweet home run swing. But during his twelve years in the major leagues Pepitone devoted most of his energy to swinging off the field. He blew his career, destroyed

Joe Pepitone played for the New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Braves. He lives in Pennsylvania. Berry Stainback (1935 2014) was an editor of Sport magazine, associate editor of Life, and editor of True. He was the author of nearly twenty books.