Yogi Berra passes away at 90! (1 Viewer)

RIP to the coolest to ever play, Yogi Berra

https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/646570328441815041

Anything less than a national day of mourning just might be unacceptable

Sam Posten said:

RIP to the coolest to ever play, Yogi Berra

https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/646570328441815041

Anything less than a national day of mourning just might be unacceptable

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As a life-long Yankee fan in which Yogi was a big part of my childhood growing up in the NYC Metro area, today is one of the saddest days of my life. May he R.I.P. Yogi will forever have a special place in Yankee and Mets fans hearts, but baseball fans in general.


http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/13721488/yogi-berra-new-york-yankees-legend-hall-famer-dies-age-90


http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/23/us/yogi-berra-death/index.html


This morning I was at the supermarket and almost bought some Yoo-hoo in tribute to Yogi. For those that don't know, Berra was the pitch man for that chocolate drink back in the day. I can still see him doing those commercials.


Another thing about Yogi, is that today, he's an underrated ball player. At this year's all-star game they had Johnny Bench as one of the five greatest living baseball players. That didn't sit well with me because Berra's accomplishments dwarfs Bench's. Yogi was a three-time MVP, finished in the top four voting, seven different times, 15 all-star appearances and winning 10 World Series championships as a player which is the all-time record.


Of course, Yogi is famous for his quotes. My favorite Yogi-ism is "You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six". The following link has many of his Yogi-isms listed:


http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/y/yogi_berra.html

Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra...my childhood heroes. We were blessed to have Yogi around with us this long. By all accounts, he was a sweet, decent man--and funny, to boot--as well as a great ballplayer.


P.S. He was a WWII vet also, having landed on the beaches on D-Day.

Yogi played before my time, but the stories of him are legendary. Unfortunately, I only am old enough to have seen him as a manager. He was one of the truly great characters in all of sports.

Baseball legend, funny guy. From Crawdaddy's link, my fave "Yogi-ism":


He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.



RIP Yogi.

Don't know much about baseball fan but I am a Yogi Berra fan and of the "Yogi-isms" So much could be learned by so many people by simply listening to the wisdom.


RIP Mr Berra - deepest condolences to his family and friends. You will be missed!


Regards

One of my favorite Yogi isms is "that place is too crowded, so nobody goes there anymore".

Some of Yogi's best commercials:


http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/yogi-berra-best-commercials-article-1.2371034

Even though, Hanna-Barbera stated otherwise, I do believe Yogi Bear was named after Yogi Berra. There is too much of coincidence with the name similarity and how Yogi Bear had his little sayings too.

If people don't want to come to the ball park there is no way we can stop em

And of course the obvious Headline "It's Over"


A show or old dais with Uecker and Berra on together must have been a riot. i was never under any circumstance a Yankee or Mets fan, but I was a Yogi fan from the first time I say him on Carson.



''Always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise they won't go to yours.''

"When you come to the fork in the road... Take it!"


R.I.P.

New York Times obit:


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/baseball/yogi-berra-dies-at-90-yankees-baseball-catcher.html?ref=todayspaper


It includes the story of how he got his nickname.


Joe Piscopo was a friend of Berra's and talked about him on his radio show this morning.

RIP Yogi from Red Sox Nation! A class act and a great character.

Full respect from this Dodgers, Red Sox, A's fan to the late Yankee great. The first World Series I have any memory of is '63, the last of his many appearances in the Fall Classic against the Dodgers. RIP Yogi.


"90 percent of baseball is mental. The other half is physical."

Pitch perfect:
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/derek-jeter-yogi-berra-memories/

If you had told me 5 years ago that after retiring Derek Jeter would move on from sports to online publishing I would have told you that you were a damn fool. He's a natural at it tho, and PT gets better by the day.

The YES Network televised Yogi's funeral today.

Sam Posten said:

Pitch perfect:
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/derek-jeter-yogi-berra-memories/

If you had told me 5 years ago that after retiring Derek Jeter would move on from sports to online publishing I would have told you that you were a damn fool. He's a natural at it tho, and PT gets better by the day.

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That's a great site. I didn't realize that Derek Jeter ran it.