Whitey Ford by Michael Ceraolo

 Whitey Ford

I loved Casey,

and over the course of his tenure

he was great for the team,

but he cost us the Series in 1960

There is no Mazeroski walk-off homer

if I'm pitching Game Seven,

which I would have been doing

had Casey started me in Game One

instead of in Game Three

And, to be selfish for a moment,

Casey's not having a regular rotation

kept my career numbers down:

most of my best years came after

he was let go in 1960,

and were due to my getting

six to eight more starts a year

under his successors