Whitey Ford - Representation in Other Media

Representation in Other Media

  • In a 1997 episode of The Simpsons, "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson", an animated Ford, "pleading with the crowd for some kind of sanity", was knocked unconscious by a barrage of pretzels at a baseball game.
  • In 1998, Grammy Award winning musician Everlast scored great success with his CD entitled Whitey Ford Sings the Blues.
  • Ford was portrayed by Anthony Michael Hall in the HBO movie, 61* (2001), about Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle's 1961 quest to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. It was directed by Billy Crystal.
  • He had a cameo appearance in Remington Steele starring Pierce Brosnan.

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