Posted on 08/04/2010 9:40:54 AM PDT by newjerseynewsroom
Celebrity and entertainment correspondent Tom Murro says that baseball legend Yogi Berra has a unique gift for President Barack Obama.
As Yogi would say, "It ain't over till it's over," and the Hall of Famer is still going strong.
Yogi Berra, who now lives in Montclair, New Jersey is an 15-time All-Star and three-time winner of the American League’s Most Valuable Player award as a catcher for the New York Yankees. Berra, who obviously has a sense of humor, was right on the money when he famously stated that “baseball is 90% mental — the other half is physical.”
Celebrity Magnet Tom Murro says that Yogi has graciously offered to give Murro a gift so he could present it to the Commander in Chief.
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I have a gift for 0bama. However, it was flushed.
His teammates called him “the ape.”
who cares????
And as any 80 year old guy would tell you (paraphrasing Rahm)... Never let an urgency go to waste.
My particular favorite: “It’s Dejavu all over again.”
Berra purportedly said, “Da’ way dis Obama economy’s goin’, a nickle ain’t worth a dime anymore...”
Keep your mouth off Yogi, Obama. He’s an American and is proud of it.
I pulled two things from this story.
One is, Yogi signed the photo of the first black ballplayer with a note, “He was out”. That seems like a little subliminal message to our first black president to me.
The other thing is, Obama’s layers of protection are so strong he somehow can’t get a picture from a great, old, legend like Yogi. I may be totally wrong here, but I bet Bush would have heard about this and gotten this picture, if he was president - and responded, yet. IMHO, Obama’s just a little too well insulated in his new party place to be in touch with the “little people”.
“You can observe a lot by watching.”
That’s the beauty of that particular gift; you can always pinch off another one.
“when you come to a fork in the road, take it”
“I didn't really say everything I said”
“A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore”
“The future ain't what it used to be”
If they don't want to come, you can't stop them”
“Always go to other people's funerals otherwise they won't go to yours”
“You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what is left.”
“Never answer an anonymous letter”
“Think?! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?”
“Ninety percent of this game is half mental.”
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