A very sad day, the game has lost a true legend, a great teammate, a mans man! So long Yogi, may God rest his soul
...among other incredible Yogi stats, he was a very tough out. For his career he averaged striking out only once for every 20 times he came to the plate. ...in contrast, my hero, The Mick struck out once every 5.8 times he came to bat.
I had a thrill of a lifetime about 15 years ago, We were at Ruth Chris Steakhouse in Fort Lauderdale and we were seated next to these old guys with friends at a 8 top. As I continue to look, it became clear to me that I recognized Yogi, Whitey, and Moose. I did not want to interrupt or be disrespectful of their privacy at dinner but as they were getting ready to leave I stood and extended my hand to Yogi who was the closest to me and I said thank you from a die hard Yankee fan. He smiled, shook my hand and nodded, and off he went. At that point he was maybe 75 and I couldn't get over how small he was physically. It is a memory I will never forget. As a kid growing up with Yankee baseball, he was God like.
...^^^ MB, I had a similar situation near Lauderdale about 30 years ago at a restaurant down there...I ran into Mickey, Whitey, Yogi, Billy, Charlie Keller, and Gene Michael...got all of their autographs on a paper place mat...I have it framed. I failed to get Billy's signature because he got up from the table to go take a leak and knowing his reputation of being a hot head, I wasn't about to follow Billy into the can for an autograph. ...they were all buzzed and real nice guys, just regular folk. ...I got to shake Mickey fucking Mantle's hand...I'll never forget it.
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/derek-jeter-yogi-berra/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=September 23rd&utm_content=September 23rd CID_73b4e0bc46da694b46e67b7dd1798664&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=READ DEREKS NOTE Yogi was Mr. Clutch in many of those 14 World Series, He was in. 14 World Series, and 10 Rings, Mr. Awesome...........
Never heard an unkind word said about him. Ford was once quoted as saying if you don't like Yogi, there must be something wrong with YOU!
Had not watched the MLB Channel in some time, flipped it on as "High Heat" started up. Russo who seems to get a charge out of bashing the Yankees had a great presentation on Yogi Berra career and how it impacted Yankee team performance. Seen lots of accolades on Yogi today deserving all that were passed on. I then went into shock when Russo praised the Yankees recent wins to include last nights "gritty performance" crediting Sevy & Bird. Then along comes Gammons who spoke briefly on Yogi and when questioned on Sevy & Bird spoke briefly then went on a ramble about the God Dam Red Sox.
This town (Fort Lauderdale) use to run crazy with old time Yankee stories from their Spring Training Days here. Mickey was my idle, I had the same name as my father so I was a Jr. So to be clear which one of us Mom was screaming at, My Dad was always screamed at as Frank and I was yelled at as Mick. My mother use to lose her voice a lot lol.
