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Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman
I don’t know which one is the best story, the brushback pitch to Pepitone from Denny McLain after the gift home run pitch to Mickey Mantle in 1968, the word ‘Pepitone’ becoming vernacular for ‘goof-off’ in Japan after his fake injury antics there in 1973, or getting cut by the Padres in Spring Training in 1975 after instinctively protecting his toupee rather than trying to field a bad hop ground ball.
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My favorite Pepitone story is recounted in Ball Four. During the late innings of a game the Yankees eventually lost, somebody snuck into the clubhouse and filled Pepitone's hair dryer with talcum powder. So, after the disappointing loss, and after the players were showered and the clubhouse was quiet and somber, Pepitone turns on his hair dryer and WHOOSH! his entire head and hair is instantly covered in white powder. He looked like a ghost with George Washington hair.