Yogi sez he was out, but he’s glad about the steal because everyone remembers him from that picture.
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Yogi was on 10 world Series winning teams. He also managed a bad Mets team to an inch of winning the world series. (See Willie Mays about that play at the plate in game 6) I hate the Yankees, but my father told me the Yogi was one of the most dangerous hitters he had ever seen. You couldn’t pith around him because he hit balls well out of the strike zone.
I do not think this picture defines Yogi’s career.
Yogi says he never said most of the things he said. I think Mr. Berra was trying to be gracious, in his own way. That event, captured in several pictures from several angles, epitomizes two of the greatest careers in baseball.
Speaking of 42, I love Branch Rickey’s response to Jackie Robinson, when asked “Mr. Rickey, why’d you do it?”, “Jackie, you made me love baseball again.” Rickey was a deeply religious man, and a deeply principled man. He was always disturbed by unfair way blacks had been treated by organized baseball, and late in life, he was happy to have an opportunity to do something about it.
Unfortunately, the one with him selling insurance with a duck will though.