"It ain't over 'till it's over."
I guess it's over. So long Yog'.
“”I guess it’s over. So long Yog’.””
It was his wife who died not Yogi!!!!
My lasting memory of Yogi is kind of the opposite. Yogi in 7th game of the '60 World Series watching Bill Mazeroski's home run going over the left field wall at Forbes field. The scoreboard tells the story of the game.
Yep, that's Yogi playing left field for the Yankees. He was not only a pretty good catcher but he could also play a pretty good outfield too and on top of that, he was without question one of the best hitters in history.
I'm sure that that game was one of the big disappointments of his great career, but for a 12 year old Pirate fan like I was then, it's a moment in time I'll never forget -- watching the mighty Yanks go down to the Pirates.
Yogi is hell of a baseball guy who I have the ultimate respect for. I'm sure his wife was a wonderful woman. May she rest in peace and and my prayers are with her and Yogi.
His last at bat was an ordeal for the pitcher - he didn't get on but he did have a lot of foul tips and it seemed to have taken enough pitches to handle a regular inning. At least my 12-1/2 year old's memory tells me that is how it went back in '65.