In 1950, he hit.322, with 28 homers and 124 runs batted in, but more remarkably, he struck out only 12 times in 597 at bats. Apocryphal or not, every “yogism” contains something uniquely Yogi in it. He told me years ago how he was in awe of those Yankees. Today, as Jerry Seinfeld so aptly put it, all you’re rooting for is laundry – and hoping to find a beer for less than $10 at the stadium.
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The more time I spent with Yogi the more I appreciated what a down-to-earth, easy to love kind of guy he was.
Is that a bad thing? The former Reds ace has struggled since joining Kansas City before the July 31 trade deadline, but held Detroit to two runs over seven innings his last time out. The current Yankees all had a chance to start a relationship with Berra, the 10-time World Series champion and 18-time All-Star who was always around during spring training and he was a short ride away from his home in New Jersey during the regular season. Bayless’s co-host, Stephen Smith, seemed duly chastised as he deferentially pleaded ignorance of the extent of the depth and utter breadth of Berra’s accomplishments and abilities. Those who knew him remark on his humbleness and easiness of treatment. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
He courted her through the mail while on the road for business with impassioned love letters that contrasted with his stocky, competitive persona. The deep-seated impulse to know the sender-and answer-is there in all of us, and this warning speaks to that universal impulse. Probably just after the team changed its name to Astros from Colt.45s.
Berra’s accomplishments on the baseball field were belied by his squat, bow-legged, 5-foot-7, 185-pound frame.
Yogisms often tap into our universal human understanding of our own feelings and experiences.
It was a remarkable managerial performance, made more so by the circumstances under which Berra became the Mets manager – succeeding Gil Hodges after Hodges’ sudden death from a heart attack a year earlier. This is a delightful and lovely thing.
After a shoulder injury ended my brief minor league baseball career, I went to work in the New York Yankees front office for George Steinbrenner.
Berra, during his lifetime, won 10 World Series championships with the New York Yankees.
And maybe his most famous saying: “It ain’t over ’til it’s over“.
Sumpter set school distance-running records and earned All-America honors in 2012, a year after sitting out the season after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Anyway, this was my first major league game, as it was for Duane Ward. I think he might have even introduced me to Al Monchak. Not tonight. It was already a given that the Royals wouldn’t have clinched the division title that night, but still there was faint hope though not much optimism that the team would catch enough spark to get the job done. “That’s what made him such a national treasure”.
Last summer at The Federalist, I wrote a tribute to long-time Dodger announcer Vin Scully.
Roanoke resident Pete Eshelman, here with his wife Alice, is a farmer and CEO of Joseph Decuis. “It stuck”, Berra told the Saturday Evening Post.
Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, said Berra’s words have helped him call people to faith in Christ. You can also purchase a subscription and have full access to the site. The unforgettable image of spontaneous joy defined the boyish enthusiasm for baseball that Berra kept all his life.
Ultimately, good legacies are always about how people have touched others’ lives.
To appreciate the bond is to realize the depth of their connection.
On learning: “You can observe a lot by watching.”
Berra had a gift for talking outside the box.
It was Garagiola who publicized and, a few said, invented numerous “Yogi-isms” for which Berra became famous later in his career.
‘He would be like, “So, are we going to watch Seinfeld tonight?” If we don’t connect the dots, then we don’t get the picture.
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Another Berra quip: “The future ain’t what it used to be“.
