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In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 04:15 AM Sep 2015

Rest in peace, Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra




Baseball Manager
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra was an American Major League Baseball catcher, manager, and coach. He played almost his entire 19-year baseball career for the New York Yankees. He is widely regarded as one of the best catchers in baseball history.

Born: May 12, 1925 (age 90), The Hill, St. Louis, MO
Died: September 22, 2015




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Rest in peace, Yogi Berra (Original Post) In_The_Wind Sep 2015 OP
Sad news marym625 Sep 2015 #1
I'm sorry for your loss, marym625. In_The_Wind Sep 2015 #2
Thank you marym625 Sep 2015 #7
RIP Mr. Berra Unknown Beatle Sep 2015 #3
RIP bigwillq Sep 2015 #4
Will miss you, Yogi Number9Dream Sep 2015 #5
For a catcher, Yogi was quite small rurallib Sep 2015 #6
RIP... Tom_Foolery Sep 2015 #8
This time, it's over. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #9

marym625

(17,997 posts)
1. Sad news
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 04:29 AM
Sep 2015

First thing that came to my mind was,"I have to tell my Dad." My father died in 2014. He loved Yogi Berra

RIP Yogi

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
3. RIP Mr. Berra
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 06:11 AM
Sep 2015

Yogi Berra quotes:

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

It ain't over till it's over.

No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.

We made too many wrong mistakes.

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

And my favorite:

It's like déjà vu all over again.

Number9Dream

(1,558 posts)
5. Will miss you, Yogi
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 07:41 AM
Sep 2015
http://yogiberramuseum.org/

A petition had been started to award Yogi Berra the Presidential Medal of Freedom. "A man of unimpeachable integrity and respect, he befriended the first black and Latino baseball players in Major League Baseball. He was an ambassador for Athlete Ally, which promotes LGBT rights in sports. Berra enlisted in the U. S. Navy during World War II and served during the D-Day invasion. He was an avid supporter of our armed forces. Berra greatly valued education. While with the Yankees, he created a scholarship at Columbia University that is still active 50 years later. His namesake Museum & Learning Center serves 20,000 students annually with character education programs and teaches the values of respect, sportsmanship and inclusion that Berra has demonstrated throughout his life and career."


rurallib

(62,346 posts)
6. For a catcher, Yogi was quite small
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 08:16 AM
Sep 2015

but man what a player.

Few remember his post baseball years when he was a movie critic. I remember hearing his short reviews on the radio.

My favorite Yogi quote: "I never said all those things I said."

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