Phil Pepe (1935–2015)

Author of Unhittable: Reliving the Magic and Drama of Baseball's Best-Pitched Games

About the Author

Phil Pepe has covered sports in New York for more than five decades. He was the Yankees beat writer for the New York World Telegram Sun from 1961 to 1964, and for the New York Daily News from 1971 to 1984. He is the bestselling author of nearly fifty books, including My Favorite Summer: 1956 (with show more Mickey Mantle) and BillyBall (with Billy Martin). show less

Includes the names: Phil Pepe, Philip Pepe

Works by Phil Pepe

The Wit and Wisdom of Yogi Berra (1977) 63 copies, 1 review

Talkin' Baseball: An Oral History of Baseball in the 1970s (1998) 30 copies, 1 review

Catfish, Yaz, and Hammerin' Hank: The Unforgettable Era That Transformed Baseball (2006) 27 copies

Core Four: The Heart and Soul of the Yankees Dynasty (2013) 26 copies

1961*: The Inside Story of the Maris-Mantle Home Run Chase (Rough Cut) (2011) 22 copies

The Book of Sports Lists (1979) 19 copies

The Yankees: An Authorized History of the New York Yankees (1995) 18 copies

Winners Never Quit (1967) 17 copies

The Ballad of Billy and George: The Tempestuous Baseball Marriage of Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner (2008) 17 copies, 1 review

The Book of Sports Lists II (1980) 12 copies

No-hitter (1973) 10 copies

Come Out Smokin': Joe Frazier: The Champ Nobody Knew (1972) 10 copies

The Baseball Book of Lists (1983) 9 copies

Magic Moments Yankees: Celebrating the Most Successful Franchise in Sports History (2008) 7 copies

Yankee Doodles: Inside the Locker Room with Mickey, Yogi, Reggie, and Derek (2015) 6 copies

Stand Tall: The Lew Alcindor Story (1970) 5 copies

Great comebacks in sport (1975) 4 copies

The Incredible Knicks (1970) 3 copies

Kareem Abdul Jabbar (1974) 3 copies

Book of Sports Lists, No.3 (1981) 2 copies

Come Out Smokin': Joe Frazier: The Champ Nobody Knew 1 copy

No-Hitter The Complete Story of Baseball's Most Exciting Feat-The No-Hit Game 1 copy

Great Comebacks in Sports 1 copy

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Associated Works

My Favorite Summer 1956 (1991) 139 copies

Slick: My Life In and Around Baseball (1987) — Author — 76 copies

Billyball (1987) 51 copies

From Ghetto to Glory: The Story of Bob Gibson (1968) 50 copies

Few and Chosen: Defining Yankee Greatness Across the Eras (2001) 31 copies

Few and Chosen: Defining Cardinal Greatness Across the Eras (2003) 22 copies

Few and Chosen: Defining Mets Greatness Across the Eras (2009) 11 copies

A view from the rim: Willis Reed on basketball (1971) — Author — 4 copies

Louie: In Season (1988) 4 copies

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Legal name: Pepe, Philip
Birthdate: 1935-03-21
Date of death: 2015-12-13
Gender: male
Education: St. John's University (1956)
Occupations: sportswriter
Organizations: New York World-Telegram & Sun
New York Daily News
New York Yankees
Baseball Writers Association of America
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Place of death: Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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datrappert 3,497 reviews

Wit and Wisdom of Yogi Berra by Phil Pepe

Yogi Berra playing 20 Questions. The subject is a person.

Yogi's 1st Question: "Is he living?"

"Yes"

Yogi's 2nd Question: "Is he living NOW?"

If that amuses you, then you must take the short while necessary to read this hysterical book. It doesn't matter if Yogi ever said any of this or not. It is priceless.

When asked if he wanted his pizza cut into 6 slices or 8, Yogi replied, "You better cut it into 6. I don't think I can eat 8."

Jan 2, 2012

rickklaw 301 reviews

Talkin' Baseball: An Oral History of Baseball in the 1970s by Phil Pepe