In the sundown seasons of the Yankees, Joe Pepitone was among the last who could hit, field and make some noise.
And then, one day in 1988, my sportswriting career in gear, I read that the NYPD had busted Pepitone and two other wise guys for transporting a load of cash, cocaine, quaaludes and guns.Soon I got a tip that NBC Sports’ new journalism weekend show anchored by Gayle Gardner planned to interview Pepitone, who would spend the next four months in Rikers Island. I asked her producer if I could hitch a ride, steal some quotes and a peek.
Joe Pepitone, who died at age 82, acknowledges another former player at the Yankees’ 2007 Old Timers’ Day.The Public Information Officer placed Pepitone and I in the corner of a caged light-bulb gym decorated to appear as a prison gym. No championships banners on the walls, a rusted water fountain that last quenched the thirsts of cons reconstructed in black and white American Movie Classics.
Joe Pepitone talks to a reporter during the funeral service for Yankees legendary broadcaster Mel Allen.The note read something close to, “Thanks for writing the truth. His friends never tell him the truth.”
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