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Childhood[edit]

I feel that this is a very good article, as it is clear and concise, with many references. It seems to me, however, that this article could use some more information in respect to the subject's childhood, as well as the gaps between the years 1973 and 1982. - Citizen Dick 18:46, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

. . . this article could use some more information in respect to the subject's childhood, as well as the gaps between the years 1973 and 1982. Absofrigginlutely. HuskyHuskie (talk) 17:42, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Joe grew up on St. Marks and Vanderbilt Ave. in Brooklyn. I was friends with his brother Billy, we were much younger. Joe was a good guy and came back to the 'hood to play stick ball with us. His parents has a restaurant on Vanderbilt for many years. Joe went to Manual High School, (John Jay). I remember his being shot in high school, but details are foggy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.117.220 (talk) 12:41, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Picture[edit]

How about adding a picture of Joe? I don't know how to do so and I don't want to mess the page up by trying. Could this baseball card picture be used? Link -> http://i1.iofferphoto.com/img/1164009600/_i/15367872/1.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.228.175 (talk) 03:11, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has rules about when a copyrighted photo like the one you suggest can be used in a biographical article. Take a look at our copyright violation user information page for the rules. We can only use copyrighted images in very rare cases (listed here) - but basically, if there's any possibility of getting a free image that provides the same information, we wouldn't use a copyrighted image. Since someone could go take a picture of Mr. Pepitone right now and release it as free content, it would be against Wikipedia policy to use a non-free image.

Thanks for asking first, though - many people just jump in and are surprised or even hurt when their addition is removed, often because they confuse "content available on the Internet" with "free content". It's not quite that simple. Cheers! --NellieBly (talk) 03:23, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NellieBly thank you for the speedy response and the private message. I thought that perhaps the picture of his baseball card would come under 'fair use'. I will check out the links you provided and look into other photo options that would meet with Wikipedia rules. - Matt on Cape Cod —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.228.175 (talk) 18:30, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm looking into different options to get a picture that will fulfill the Wiki rules. I wrote TOPPS and asked for permission to use the image of a Pepitone baseball card. If they e mail me back with and say it is ok do I need to forward that e mail to somebody at Wiki? What is the protocol? Mattsky (talk) 17:04, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Las Vegas[edit]

This is not the same Joe Pepitone that vandalized the Las Vegas sign. The Yankees player does NOT reside in Nevada.....much less Las Vegas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.28.128.8 (talk) 02:57, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Boulton book[edit]

Does anyone here have a physical copy of Ball Four? Google Books gives me "he's got a massive piece..." etc. but cuts off just before finishing the story. Amazon Look Inside does not even give me a hit for "massive piece." -SusanLesch (talk) 13:00, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also I can't get a page number for a citation. I think Boulton covered most of one uncited paragraph. -SusanLesch (talk) 13:13, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have a paperback copy of Ball Four. 74.102.213.81 (talk) 20:32, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Can you find the page number that says "He's got a massive piece, which he wears when he's going out, and a smaller one to wear under his baseball cap. He calls it his game piece. On opening day he was wearing his game piece and hadn't put it on very well". We're trying to verify the story under the section Memoirs. All we need is the page number and the rest of the story. I'm guessing Boulton did not say Pepitone was "extremely vain" (we could cut that sentence). -SusanLesch (talk) 23:32, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Muboshgu: Hi. I'm not sure that this edit was necessary, and I'm not sure Boulton called Pepitone vain (the word doesn't appear in the Google Books copy). -SusanLesch (talk) 01:00, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have a copy of Ball Four (read it on loan from a library), but I know that BLP's (including recently deceased) need to conform to sources. I missed the "vain" part. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:04, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]