Slick, My Life in and Around Baseball
Price: $100.00
Original Wrappers. New York: Dell, 1988. About Fine.
Foreword by Mickey Mantle. Mass market paperback. Signed by Whitey Ford on title page. With CAS Certificate of Authenticity. Publisher's blue and orange wrappers, with a photo of Ford to front wrapper, lettered in red, black, orange, and white. About fine, with a touch of edgewear to wrappers, and light toning to page margins. Overall, an attractive, tight copy. In Slick, Whitey Ford tells the story of his life and pitching career with the help of acclaimed baseball writer Phil Pepe. Ford played all 16 seasons of his MLB career with the Yankees (1950, 1953-1967), during which time the team was incredibly dominant, winning six World Series. Ford was selected as an All-Star ten times and holds numerous Yankees records, including career wins, shutouts, and games started. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, along with his close friend and teammate, Mickey Mantle. Item #WHF003
