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My favorite Yogi Berra story:
Earnest Hemingway's agent took him to Yankee Stadium and introduced him to Yogi Berra:
Agent: Yogi do you know who this is?
Berra shook his head.
Agent: This is the writer Earnest Hemingway.
Yogi: Yeah, what paper do you write for Ernie?
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Rest in peace.
I love it. Talk about being put in your place.
RIP Yogi.
Mike
Yogi was one of a kind. His records for the Yankees, his malapropisms that really weren't, his infectious personality - will live on.
Yogi, gone but not forgotten... and he won't forget that!
Predicting is hard, especially about the future, but I bet anyone who doesn't go to Yogi's funeral will not see Yogi at theirs.
Predicting is hard, especially about the future, but I bet anyone who doesn't go to Yogi's funeral will not see Yogi at theirs.
LOL Jack...Is that a Yogism or were you just channeling your inner Yogi?
I wanted to let you know I got your email...thank you for your concern and I apologize for not responding. I am overwhelmed by my circumstances right now, not much of an excuse for neglecting a good friend, but the only one I got.
Back to the topic: Yogi was one of those people I thought would always be around, like the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the Empire State Building and New York City Baseball.
Hey, Dags! Yeah, I combined a couple of Yogi-isms. I always got a kick out of his sayings, much of which made perfect sense knowing the context. For example: "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." That comes from a direction to his house in Montclair, N.J., where my parents lived for a few years. The road divides and reforms later, so it doesn't matter which road you take. "It gets late early there" refers to the shadows that descend on the field (I think left field) in Yankee Stadium as the sun sets. "Thank you all for making this necessary" was said on a Yogi Berra Night honoring him back in the day. "I never said all those things I said" was in response to an interviewer asking him about those sayings attributed to him. "Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded." He was talking about a nightspot that became too popular and crowded foir him to want to go there. "You can't hit and think at the same time." As one who has stood in the batter's box facing a pitcher with a wild fastball, I can attest that's true! One of my favorites that absolutely makes no logical sense: The pizza guy asked him if he should cut the pizza into four or six slices. Yogi (supposedly) replied: "Better make it four. I don't think I could eat six."
I didn't know that Yogi was at D-Day in WWII. He came back from the war, a few of his youth years taken from him, to go on as a Yankee legend. And the fans were not kind in the beginning, calling him an ape, a misfit, and such. They learned quickly he was a force to be reckoned with. And now he's a beloved hero. I was interviewed a couple of moinths ago for a book promo, and one of the questions was who, if I could choose anybody now or in the past I'd like to have dinner with, who would it be, and I chose Yogi Berra.
Predicting is hard, especially about the future, but I bet anyone who doesn't go to Yogi's funeral will not see Yogi at theirs.
Jack, you're recognized by all as a genius and I'll be the first to tell everyone that.
Jeez, I just saw this post, Max. Too kind, my friend! Would that it were true!
Jeez, I just saw this post, Max. Too kind, my friend! Would that it were true!
But you see, Jack, if you were already known by all then I would not have to tell anyone. My attempt at a Yogism, lol!
Oops. Good one, Max! Got me!
I am old enough to have seen Berra play. He didn't look like a ballplayer but he played like the Hall of Famer he became. He was also one of the greatest catchers in the history of the game. Forget his malapropisms and he was a great ballplayer. Remember them and he is an American icon. We forget that his best boyhood friend was a lesser-known catcher but one of the greatest broadcasters in history --- Joe Garagiola. Those two boys from St Louis made the game of baseball something special for a lot of generations. He lived a long and wonderful life. He was everything a hero should be.
When I was a kid, Mel Allen was the voice of the Yankees. Then Garagiola replaced him, and I resented that. But Joe went on to be a great broadcaster.
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