Posted on 09/23/2015 12:54:10 AM PDT by NRx
Yogi Berra, one of baseball’s greatest catchers and characters, who as a player was a mainstay of 10 Yankee championship teams and as a manager led both the Yankees and Mets to the World Series — but who may be more widely known as an ungainly but lovable cultural figure, inspiring a cartoon character and issuing a seemingly limitless supply of unwittingly witty epigrams known as Yogi-isms — died Tuesday. He was 90.
His death was reported by the Yankees and by the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center Museum in Little Falls, N.J. Before moving to an assisted living facility in nearby West Caldwell, in 2012, Berra had lived for many years in neighboring Montclair.
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One of my childhood and lifelong heroes. Saddened to say, “it’s over”.
RIP Yogi.
Watching a Steve McQueen movie:
“He must have made that movie before he died.”
Loved his AFLAC commercial. “If you get hurt and miss work, it won’t hurt to miss work.”
RIP, Yogi! God Bless you!
But my favorite is still, "90 percent of baseball is half mental." Stealing home ping."That place is always so busy, no one goes there anymore."
Arguably the best catcher, clearly in the top five.
He seemed like a wonderful guy.
Rest in Peace Yogi.
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
That said, later in my life, I was given a baseball by Don Larsen and it was signed by him and Yogi for the Perfect Game in the 1956 World Series. A cherished treasure.
my favorite team...one of my childhood heroes.
RIP Yogi. It’s Over! and just begun!
He must’ve played that game before he died.
From about 1953 on when we first got television, I watched about twelve years of his playing career. Had at least one Berra baseball card, along with a Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio and quite a few others from the era that are worth lots of money, but went the way of most of my “stuff” because my father was in the service. You can’t take it with you was a reality early in life.
Thanks for the memories Yogi.
I’d ask where the funeral was, but it’s probably so crowded no one ever goes there anymore.
“Not only could you spin a great one-liner, you were also one of the best ever behind home plate.”
Bill James had an interesting article in one of his Historical Baseball Abstract books about how his quirky personality and famous one-liners tended to diminish the memory of how great a player he was - three-time MVP, twice runner-up, plus a 3rd and 4th in the voting. His teams went to 14 World Series in 17 years, winning 10, and the conclusion that Berra, and not Dickey, was the top Yankees catcher of all time was pretty convincing.
Yogi’s wife died about a year ago. He was an amazing American, NY Yankee and family man.
I grew up in the NY area and in the 60’s there was a chocolate drink called Yoo Hoo. Yogi would do its commercials. It had a Yogi-ism line but I don’t remember now.
Another childhood hero departs to bask in God’s glory. I’m sure my baseball loving dad will look him up. SNIFF
Married to the same woman for 65 years.
He changed the language, because no one ever says “deja vu” anymore without adding “all over again.”
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