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 two marriages, lost custody of three
children, and came very close to a nervous breakdown. At the age of
thirty-three he quit baseball for good and finally admitted that
for most of his life, he'd been living a lie. He'd been acting the
carefree clown in order to cover up immense inner pain. In Joe, You
Coulda Made Us Proud, first published in 1975, Pepitone reveals
what was behind his wild behavior. He does so in the most
devastatingly honest terms, holding back none of the embarrassment,
anguish, and guilt that perpetually haunted him. He tells of the
father he loved so much, "Willie Pep" Pepitone, the toughest man in
a tough Brooklyn neighborhood. Obsessed with making Joe a baseball
star, Willie beat his son when he failed to meet expectations. One
night, enraged at his father, Joe said, "Mom I wish he'd die!"
Willie died the next day. Along with pain, the book has plenty of
humor. Pepitone tells of partying with Frank Sinatra and Mickey
Mantle, carousing with groupies and hookers, and "living the life"
of a famous ballplayer in the sixties and seventies. One of the
most moving, honest, and hilarious books ever written by an
athlete, Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud was selected by Esquire
magazine as one of the "20 best baseball books ever." Skyhorse
Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to
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every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a
national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on
subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to
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