CBS Sports | Mike Axisa: The Yankees mourned the passing of one of their franchise’s most beloved players on Monday, when news came that Joe Pepitone had died at the age of 82. Pepitone was a mainstay of the team throughout the 1960s, winning two pennants with the organization as a player and returning briefly as a coach in the ‘80s. He was an Old-Timers’ Day regular and amusingly once made waves as the first player to bring a hair dryer into the locker room.
The Yankees put out a statement, not only praising the three-time All-Star and Gold Glove winner’s career accomplishments, but highlighting that “as a native New Yorker, he embraced everything about being a Yankee during both his playing career .