My youngest son wrote Yogi for an autograph about twenty years ago. He sent an old baseball card from the back of a Wheaties’ cereal box for Yogi to sign. In his letter to Yogi he uttered his own Yogi-ism when he penned, “You have been my favorite player for ten years. You would have been my favorite for longer, but I’m only ten years old.” Yogi not only sent the card back signed, but a personal note. Class act on Yogi’s part!
Yes he was.
Nowadays when they retire a player who has had a long career with one team (few left), they have some sort of memento to commemorate the event. I still have my poster when Brooks Robinson retired. The picture was of Brooks autographing a ball for a kid. That’s the way he was.