The death in December 2015 of New York–based sportswriter Phil Pepe saddened the city’s baseball community, including his devoted readers, who enjoyed his many years with the New York Daily News and his output of more than four dozen books. Some at his funeral began talking about his place in baseball-writing history as an original “Chipmunk.” In fact, he was thought to be the inspiration for the name. (The National Pastime Museum, February 1, 2016) more