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“Just a moment to mark the passing of Freehold native and ballplayer Joe DePugh. He was a good friend when I needed one,” Springsteen captioned his post.
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On June 27, he will share seven “lost” records made between 1983 and 2018 – each, by the sounds of it, a fully-realised work that, for various reasons, he had chosen not to put out into the world in t...
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In the early 1960s, before Mr. Springsteen became the Boss, he was a clumsy baseball player whose athletic abilities were so sad that Joe, the team’s star pitcher, gave him the nickname Saddie.

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Springsteen pays tribute to late inspiration behind 'Glory Days'
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Bruce Springsteen Pays Tribute to Joe DePugh, the Inspiration Behind ‘Glory Days’
Bruce Springsteen has paid tribute to Joe DePugh, the New Jersey pitcher who inspired his hit song “Glory Days,” following news of DePugh’s death this week at the age of 75.
Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to Joe DePugh, 'Glory Days' inspiration
Joe DePugh, the Freehold, New Jersey native who inspired Springsteen's hit “Glory Days” after a chance encounter in their shared hometown, has passed away. He was 75. DePugh died after a bout with cancer, Rich Kane, a friend and long-time Freehold Borough teacher told the Asbury Park Press.
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