Born and bred Yankee hater, despite going to a ton of Yankee games when I was kid in late 50s, early 60s (my grandfather's company had box seats few rows behind Yankees' dugout; Mrs. Ruth and Mrs, Gehrig sat behind us in their lifetime seats). But I loved Pepitone, the anti-Yankee Yankee and real NYC wiseguy. That error he made in '63 World Series: afternoon game at Chavez Ravine in LA, and he lost sight of the white ball thrown from third against the sea of white-shirted fans in the third-base stands. As a Dodgers fan from their dying Brooklyn days, I loved it. Also, talking about Yankees weird: this month is 50th anniversary of exchange of wives and family between pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich.
https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/yankees-history-mike-kekich-and-fritz-peterson-trade-families
