Pepitone may not have been a star, but he was a legend.
Instead, Pepitone, who died March 13 at 82, became one of the game's unforgettable characters.
Pepitone is shown playing first base. Sporting sideburns that would have made Elvis proud, he makes a pre-expectorant sound, pats his stomach and spits.The film then shows him razzing an umpire, tossing off a homophobic slur and finally telling him,"You're really a pain in the ."The narrator tells us,"First base is baseball's most sociable position. There are baserunners, coaches and umpires to talk to, and wild Joe Pepitone loved to talk.
He played for a World Series champion in his rookie season, 1962, although he didn't see postseason action. "Ovations are nice and some guys sort of milk them. Like Joe Pepitone. If he had just the touch of an injury he'd squirm on the ground for a while and then stand up, gamely. And he'd get his ovation."
Not surprisingly, Pepitone opened a Brooklyn boutique and men's hairstyling salon called Joe Pepitone Presents My Place.
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