Fran Whitton

Story by Whitey Ford "The White Sox came into Yankee Stadium in ’59 and I was pitching against them. I took my 8 warm up pitches, they played the National  Anthem. Up comes Louie Aparicio. First pitch I throw to him he bunts down third, beats it out. One pitch, man on first. Nellie Fox gets up. First pitch, double down the left field line. Two pitches, second and third. Minnie Minoso, I threw him a really good curveball, but it hit him in the kneecap. So he walks down to first. Now I’ve thrown three pitches. Bases are loaded and up comes Ted Kluszewski…First pitch high fastball, off the right-centerfield wall. Three runs score. I’ve thrown four pitches. Manager Casey Stengel comes out to the mound. Yogi doesn’t want to miss that, so he hustles out there. And Casey says to Yogi, ‘Does Ford have anything tonight?’. And Yogi says, ‘How the hell do I know? I haven’t caught a pitch yet.'"