Joe DePugh, High School Baseball Star Who Inspired Bruce Springsteen Song, Dies at 75
Joe DePugh, a former New Jersey high school baseball star known for his association with one of musician Bruce Springsteen's ...
Joe DePugh, Speedball Pitcher in Springsteen’s ‘Glory Days,’ Dies at 75
A gifted athlete, he gave a clumsy teenage Bruce Springsteen his first nickname, Saddie. Years later, the Boss returned the favor, memorializing him in a song.
Joe DePugh, pitcher who inspired Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Glory Days,’ dies at 75
DePugh and Springsteen ran into each other in 1973 outside a bar in Neptune City, N.J. Over a decade later, “Glory Days” hit the airwaves.
In the summer of 1986, San Jose’s Bad News Bees had all of baseball buzzing
Before they were the San Jose Giants, the South Bay’s minor league team was in danger of folding before a group of oddballs ...