Whitey Ford

Oh no! Sad day in Farandaville. Whitey Ford – along with Yogi Berra – favorite Yankee. The great left handed pitcher with the best (690) winning percentage of the 20th century. And his lifetime ERA (earned run average) was an incredible 2.75.

I’m also left handed and my first baseball glove was the Whitey Ford signature model. My mother must have tossed that beloved glove out, probably while I was living abroad and long after it was totally worn out. I can see it now and often thought of it whenever I saw Whitey Ford at Old Timers games. I’m putting a couple of pictures up as well as thoughts from Yankees who knew him.

This from Buck Showalter and what Whitey Ford’s impression of Mariano Rivera was –

Paul O’Neill’s voice cracks a little at the end of his comments.