Comments on: Monday Morning Cup O’Joe http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/10/19/monday-morning-cup-ojoe/ A Chicago Cubs Blog and Fan Site Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:14:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Doc Raker http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/10/19/monday-morning-cup-ojoe/#comment-17188 Doc Raker Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:14:11 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=4051#comment-17188 Funny Seymour, clever. That's funnier than watching Pepitone hit on toothless crack whores and get shut down. Funny Seymour, clever. That’s funnier than watching Pepitone hit on toothless crack whores and get shut down.

]]> By: Seymour Butts http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/10/19/monday-morning-cup-ojoe/#comment-17159 Seymour Butts Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:34:13 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=4051#comment-17159 I asked Joe at camp a couple of years ago,"Hey, Joe, can you sign for me?' he said sure and then I handed him my cup. Jody and Czonk were laughing their heads off watching, and Joe pretended to be offended and then did actually sign it. I think it says "You are a Fucking Asshole, Joe Pepitone" It's in my trophy case. I asked Joe at camp a couple of years ago,”Hey, Joe, can you sign for me?’ he said sure and then I handed him my cup.
Jody and Czonk were laughing their heads off watching, and Joe pretended to be offended and then did actually sign it. I think it says “You are a Fucking Asshole, Joe Pepitone” It’s in my trophy case.

]]> By: Doc Raker http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/10/19/monday-morning-cup-ojoe/#comment-17153 Doc Raker Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:16:28 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=4051#comment-17153 Nice story Joe. I won't hold it against you. Pepitone still has that long pretty hair although he can take it off any time he wants. He could hit back in the day. Being Italian, I am not fond of big mouth Italians who threaten to break your legs every time they open their mouths. I know he is kidding but it isn't funny after the first 50 times. More power to you screen name JoePepitone. Nice story Joe. I won’t hold it against you. Pepitone still has that long pretty hair although he can take it off any time he wants. He could hit back in the day. Being Italian, I am not fond of big mouth Italians who threaten to break your legs every time they open their mouths. I know he is kidding but it isn’t funny after the first 50 times.

More power to you screen name JoePepitone.

]]> By: BuckeyeCub http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/10/19/monday-morning-cup-ojoe/#comment-17152 BuckeyeCub Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:52:03 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=4051#comment-17152 Joe I was like you as a kid, I got into baseball because of the home run chase in 1998, and I became a Cubs fan because they made the playoffs that year, and after they got off to a hot start in 1999, I felt the same way. Sosa was my favorite player for a while, but then during the 2003 season Wood, Prior, and Zambrano became my favorite players Joe I was like you as a kid, I got into baseball because of the home run chase in 1998, and I became a Cubs fan because they made the playoffs that year, and after they got off to a hot start in 1999, I felt the same way. Sosa was my favorite player for a while, but then during the 2003 season Wood, Prior, and Zambrano became my favorite players

]]> By: JoePepitone http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/10/19/monday-morning-cup-ojoe/#comment-17151 JoePepitone Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:48:16 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=4051#comment-17151 Doc -- Please don't hold my screen name against me. It is a tribute to the birth of my rabid Cub fandom as a kid, not to the ballplayer himself. I first started following the Cubs on a daily basis during summer vacation in 1971 (after sporadically watching the year before). I was 11 years old and Pepitone had a torrid June -- batted .371/.412/.657 with 7 HR and 22 RBI (and an OPS of 1.069) and was playing a flashy 1st base. He hit a three-run HR in the bottom of the eighth of the first Cubs game I ever attended to beat Hank Aaron's Braves 3-2 (June 14, 1971). I thought he was soooooo cool. He soon proved to be both a flake and a dickhead, as I soon discovered less than a year later -- 'retiring' only 8 games into the season, then 'unretiring' a few weeks later and overall playing like he didn't give a crap. Out of baseball less than a year after that. My screen name celebrates my youth, my early blind belief in and enthusiasm for both a player (Pepitone) and a team (the Cubs) that seemed truly awesome. I knew nothing of heartbreak or failure. Back then, I was ignorant of the fallibility of professional athletes, nor was I aware of the long term organizational ineptitude of the Cubs and I certainly did not know how far into the future their futility would stretch. Back then, I only believed and the future seemed bright and promising. BTW, I soon wised up and my favorite player became Billy Williams. Now <i>there</i> was a ballplayer worth cheering for. Doc –

Please don’t hold my screen name against me. It is a tribute to the birth of my rabid Cub fandom as a kid, not to the ballplayer himself. I first started following the Cubs on a daily basis during summer vacation in 1971 (after sporadically watching the year before). I was 11 years old and Pepitone had a torrid June — batted .371/.412/.657 with 7 HR and 22 RBI (and an OPS of 1.069) and was playing a flashy 1st base. He hit a three-run HR in the bottom of the eighth of the first Cubs game I ever attended to beat Hank Aaron’s Braves 3-2 (June 14, 1971). I thought he was soooooo cool.

He soon proved to be both a flake and a dickhead, as I soon discovered less than a year later — ‘retiring’ only 8 games into the season, then ‘unretiring’ a few weeks later and overall playing like he didn’t give a crap. Out of baseball less than a year after that.

My screen name celebrates my youth, my early blind belief in and enthusiasm for both a player (Pepitone) and a team (the Cubs) that seemed truly awesome. I knew nothing of heartbreak or failure. Back then, I was ignorant of the fallibility of professional athletes, nor was I aware of the long term organizational ineptitude of the Cubs and I certainly did not know how far into the future their futility would stretch. Back then, I only believed and the future seemed bright and promising.

BTW, I soon wised up and my favorite player became Billy Williams. Now there was a ballplayer worth cheering for.

]]> By: Doc Raker http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/10/19/monday-morning-cup-ojoe/#comment-17145 Doc Raker Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:49:18 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=4051#comment-17145 <blockquote>Who is Joe Pepitone?</blockquote> Joe Pepitone played in the 70's for the Yanks and the Cubs. One of his claims to fame is he was the first baseball player to bring a hair dryer into the clubhouse. He now has a fanny larger that the double green door next to the 368 sign in left center. The bullseye we drew on the fanny of his baseball pants was sweet revenge and very large. He is one of the ex players at Cubs camp. He is unlikeable, he runs his mouth with bad Italian jokes, drinks to much and get's into fights with 60 year old men half his size. He's a jagoff to say the least.

Who is Joe Pepitone?

Joe Pepitone played in the 70’s for the Yanks and the Cubs. One of his claims to fame is he was the first baseball player to bring a hair dryer into the clubhouse. He now has a fanny larger that the double green door next to the 368 sign in left center. The bullseye we drew on the fanny of his baseball pants was sweet revenge and very large.

He is one of the ex players at Cubs camp. He is unlikeable, he runs his mouth with bad Italian jokes, drinks to much and get’s into fights with 60 year old men half his size. He’s a jagoff to say the least.

]]> By: cubbiedude http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/10/19/monday-morning-cup-ojoe/#comment-17141 cubbiedude Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:57:46 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=4051#comment-17141 I spent a few days in Columbus, Ohio, once, and I had a wonderful time. But then, I spent a few days in Ann Arbor, Michigan, once, and that was OK, too. I spent a few days in Columbus, Ohio, once, and I had a wonderful time. But then, I spent a few days in Ann Arbor, Michigan, once, and that was OK, too.

]]> By: BuckeyeCub http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/10/19/monday-morning-cup-ojoe/#comment-17139 BuckeyeCub Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:51:48 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=4051#comment-17139 But that's the official name of the school. But that’s the official name of the school.

]]> By: Joe http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/10/19/monday-morning-cup-ojoe/#comment-17138 Joe Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:50:58 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=4051#comment-17138 I hate OSU for no other reason than that stupid THE ohio state univ. garbage. I hate OSU for no other reason than that stupid THE ohio state univ. garbage.

]]> By: BuckeyeCub http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/10/19/monday-morning-cup-ojoe/#comment-17136 BuckeyeCub Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:49:29 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=4051#comment-17136 He is the starting quarterback for the football team at THE Ohio State University. That's THE Ohio State University He is the starting quarterback for the football team at THE Ohio State University. That’s THE Ohio State University

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