...night. There may be no pitcher in a renowned rotation in whom the Braves have more postseason faith. ''He's our Whitey Ford,'' Atlanta pitching coach Leo Mazzone said, referring to the former big-game pitcher of the New York Yankees...

...playoffs, extending his postseason scoreless streak to a record 33 1-3 innings, one-third of an inning more than Whitey Ford. Rivera has allowed two earned runs in 55 postseason innings, an 0.33 ERA. "You get spoiled with him," Pettitte...

...my buddies and I used to wear our Yankee caps, and run around pretending we were Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, or Whitey Ford. The Yankees were great in the 1950s and, if I remember correctly, we had a New York Subway Series several times...

...LA (NL) 7, Leon Goslin, Wash-Det 7, Gil McDougald, NY (AL) 7, Hank Bauer, NY (AL) Strikeouts 94, Whitey Ford, NY (AL) 92, Bob Gibson, StL 62, Allie Reynolds, NY (AL) 61, Sandy Koufax, LA (NL) 61, Red Ruffing, NY...

...20-win season. Yet he is third all-time in strikeouts, with 3,701, and ninth in shutouts, with 60. Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, Roger Clemons and Bob Feller must line up behind him in each category. Blyleven would be a 300-game winner, the...

...Monday, the A's, with the third-lowest payroll in baseball, passed the '53 Yanks of Mantle, Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford, who won 18 in a row. Right now, they've matched the '47 Yankees of DiMaggio, Allie Reynolds and Tommy Heinrich...

...to his stories. One of the stories is when the then 14-year-old Bruno played against future Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford. Bruno was playing for a sandlot league team from Flushing, N.Y., and Ford was playing for an Astoria, N.Y...

...Gibson, St. Louis (NL) 1963--Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles (NL) 1962--Ralph Terry, New York (AL) 1961--Whitey Ford, New York (AL) 1960--Bobby Richardson, New York (AL) 1959--Larry Sherry, Los Angeles (NL) 1958--Bob...

...year -- not just the 470-foot belts of McGwire, but the 350-foot drives by Somebody, Anybody and Everybody. Whitey Ford and Warren Spahn were masters at saving energy to face the big hitters by making seven, eight and nine hit the ball...

...club that won earlier games with heroics by Jose Vizcaino and Jeff Nelson raises it above those with Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford. Better than the Bronx Bombers. Better than Murderers' Row. Better than the Big Red Machine. So common, they don't...