Great Article

Nothing beats oral histories these days, including this one on the Hall of Famer-loaded 1964 All-Star Game, the last time before this Tuesday the game was played at Shea.

PEPITONE It was a totally different game then. Now it’s more of a comedy. Kids out there laughing. We wanted to beat the other team and beat them bad. You saw Rose slide full blast into Fosse in an All-Star Game. Today, a guy slides and the other guy helps him up. If I did that, Ralph Houk would have grabbed me by the eyeballs. 

Previous amazing Joe Pepitone story via Xmastime's bff Denny McLain HERE.

Great Pepitone story via Xmastime superslice Jim Bouton HERE.