Whitey Ford, the greatest Yankees pitcher, RIP...dead at 91

[basquebromance]

i wish i was there to watch him play!

Whitey Ford, Hall of Fame ace for mighty Yankees, died at 91

NEW YORK (AP) — During an era when the Yankees won the World Series so routinely it was joked that rooting for them was like rooting for General Motors, their ace pitcher owned the most fitting nickname: “The Chairman of the Board.”

apnews.com

 

[Harry Dresden]

wow lots of ballplayers lately.....i have seen Whitey pitch live 6-7 times.....even was riding an elevator with him and moose skowren in a Cleveland hotel when i was a kid....he was great...

 

[basquebromance]

"one of the best lefties to ever toe the rubber," the Yankees said.

he spent his entire 16-year career with the Bronx Bombers

 

[Canon Shooter]

For some reason I thought he'd passed some time ago. Glad to learn that wasn't the case.

RIP...

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Whitey Ford makes me think of the 1964 Cardinals and this Tom Waits tune...

“That we toast to the old days
and DiMaggio too
And old Drysdale and Mantle,
Whitey Ford and to you“

 

[basquebromance]

They gotta win tonight now! Go Yanks!

 

[whitehall]

No disrespect for the greatest Country on the globe in Whitey's heart, he cut short a promising baseball career to serve in Truman's war in Korea and came back to the Yankees when they needed him. He was my idol during my schoolboy days when I was a left handed pitcher.

 

[basquebromance]

They gotta win tonight now! Go Yanks!

Yankees eliminated!

 

[MarathonMike]

Whitey was a little before my time, but I know baseball history and what a great pitcher he was. RIP