"There is no substitute for experience and stuff, and Ditmar had both. But he didn't have any luck, just like in the game at Forbes Field."
— 1960 World Series

January 1, 1970

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Eddie Lopat, bemoaning the ill fortune of New York's Game 1 and Game 5 starter; as quoted in “Stengel Defends His Selection of Ditmar Over Stafford As Starting Pitcher” by Louis Effrat, in The New York Times (Tuesday, October 11, 1960), p. 59