we lost one of baseball's greatest players today ! Yogi was also a very devout Catholic. Rest in Piece. , Yogi!
Rest in Peace, Yogi Berra !
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"Yogi Berra is a particularly glowing example of an image which has outstripped the man. Of course, it is not his fault. It is not his fault that he is not a lovable gnome bubbling over with bon mots. Nor is it his fault that he is a narrow, suspicious man, jealous of the man other people supposed him to be and which he knew he was not. He was supposed to be a humorist because he said things like "Bill Dickey learned me all his experiences," and "I want to thank you for making this award necessary." In fact, there is severe doubt that Yogi Berra ever said anything intentionally funny in his life. The late Tom Meany used to tell this possibly apocryphal story about Berra which, at the least, illustrates the breadth of his knowledge. Berra was introduced to Ernest Hemingway at a party in a restaurant. When he returned to his table, he was asked what he thought of him. Said Berra: "He's quite a character. What does he do?"
Well, he's a writer.
"Yeah? What paper?""
Well, he's a writer.
"Yeah? What paper?""
Possibility he wasn't that intelligent.
BUT … he was a darn good baseball player! Who else can match is record of being selected to 15 All-Star games in his 19 year career? Winner of 3 MVPs? …
I was on a long haul listening to the radio a comedian who I forgot his name was reading off from a book of Yogisms.
Funny stuff. Yogi sure had a way of putting this in perspective
No, but his son Tim was a great football player (receiver) at Massachusetts. He played a year in the NFL for the Colts.
Yogi, you and Ernie Banks were the two most beloved players in my time. R.I.P.
I'm a Cubs fan who dates back to his glory days, so I'm one of the few. Yogi has more staying power because he stayed in the game as a manager, was showered with all kinds of success, and had a memorable way with words that lives on, and will forever.
your lucky to have been a fan then, Ernie was a great player and a wonderful gentleman in the sport of baseball!
Indeed, one of the first games I took in, I saw both Ernie and Hank Aaron his home runs. So sad that he never got a sniff of postseason play.
Quite true. And while he doesn't have the veritable dictionary of unique phrases that Yogi had, his "let's play two today" will live on as an enduring comment about a love of the game.
You're thinking of Joe Garagiola, Yogi's boyhood friend from the Hill district of Saint Louis. Joe Sr's son Joe Jr, is a Notre Dame alumnus.
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