 In 1974, a little over a week before he and Mickey Mantle were inducted into the Hall of Fame together, Whitey Ford's number 16 was retired by the Yankees. Earlier today on social media, the Yankees posted pictures of tonight's uniforms featuring the patch honoring him. Bob Lorenz and John Flaherty back with you once again. We got to grow and love, well, everybody loved Whitey Ford. Big events at Old Timers Day and you even got to see not only at Old Timers Day, but spring training and be around him. Yeah, around him in spring training, but my greatest memory of Whitey Ford is 2009 when the Yankees opened up the new stadium. Yankees were nice enough to invite me to be a Yankee legend to like circle the infield. I was embarrassed to be there, right? But it was all about alphabetical order. I get announced, I walk out to my spot. Who's behind me? But Whitey Ford walking towards me and I was almost embarrassed to be standing there and he comes up right next to my right side and he kind of leans in and he said, kid, who they playing today? Who they opening up with? And I said, Mr. Ford, they're opening up with the Cleveland Indians. And he proceeded to go on about an opening day start that he had against Cleveland and he won that game. And I don't even remember any of that, Bob. I actually remember being smart enough to look around and take it all in and realize Whitey Ford is talking to me on the new Yankee stadium field. It's a moment that'll live with me forever. Yeah, Flaherty and Ford right next to each other. All right, Paul O'Neill showed his love earlier today tweeting a picture of himself and Whitey together wearing their pinstripe finest. And right now we want to hear some recollections about the legend from Paul, Michael K. and Buck Showalter. And Paul, let's start with you. That's a great tribute on social media. Well, it's one of the things you get to do as a New York Yankee. You get to meet Yogi and Mickey and Whitey and they were always together. And, you know, I remember the first year going out there, going out on the field. It was such a tradition for the Yankees to have the all-time greats out on the field. And it's the first time that it kind of struck me as I'm somewhere different. This is a franchise that loves its history and loves its winning. There was always a twinkle in his eye and I was listening to Flash talk. It was always kid. How are you doing kid? And that day, that picture was the last old-timers day and I remember walking down the tunnel and, you know, Yogi and Whitey are always the last called. And I said, Whitey, you got to hustle up, man. He's kind of scuffling around. He's like, shut up, kid. I'm sprinting. And I tell you what, he's sprinting to the finish line. Well, he was an amazing guy. And, you know, Paul talked about the relationship with Yogi and I was lucky enough to be involved in the old-timers days at the old stadium. And just when Yogi and Whitey and Mickey and Billy were together, they just lit up and Paul said it best. It's hard to articulate, but when Whitey Ford was in a room, there was sort of a magic. There was a sparkle in his eye. His mouth, the sides of his mouth were always turned upwards. He always seemed to be smiling. He was enjoying life and what a life it was. It was a great American life. A kid born in Manhattan and then moved to a story of Queens and makes it with the Yankees and pitches a brilliant game in Game 4 against the Phillies in 1950. And he became one of the all-time greats. He has the greatest winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century, has six World Series titles, and two of them were taken away, would have had eight, because he was not on the 51 and 52 World Series championship teams because he served in the military. And I also had the honor and the privilege of being called kid by Whitey Ford. He was a delight to be around, always had a smile, always had a great line and a quip. And he's really the last of the Old Guard, the Monument Park Old Guard, the Mount Rushmore of Yankee greats that is now gone. And it's sad. It's a sad moment for sure. But boy, what a heck of a life. And I think he enjoyed every second of it.