RIP Yogi Berra

[oujour76]

Died earlier tonight at 90.  RIP Yogi.

[Buckeye Dale]

Sept 23, 2015 1:35:54 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Died earlier tonight at 90.  RIP Yogi.

Just saw that...Sharon gave me that quizzical look when they started talking about 'Yogisms' and the first thing that popped was "It ain't over till its over." RIP Yogi, & thanks for the memories.

[canefan]

Sept 23, 2015 6:21:20 GMT -5 Buckeye Dale said:

Sept 23, 2015 1:35:54 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Died earlier tonight at 90.  RIP Yogi.

Just saw that...Sharon gave me that quizzical look when they started talking about 'Yogisms' and the first thing that popped was "It ain't over till its over." RIP Yogi, & thanks for the memories.

Guess it's over now. Goodbye Yogi, one of the few Yankee legends that I really did like.

[mscott59]

Sept 23, 2015 7:33:27 GMT -5 canefan said:

Sept 23, 2015 6:21:20 GMT -5 Buckeye Dale said:

Just saw that...Sharon gave me that quizzical look when they started talking about 'Yogisms' and the first thing that popped was "It ain't over till its over." RIP Yogi, & thanks for the memories.

Guess it's over now. Goodbye Yogi, one of the few Yankee legends that I really did like.

One of, if not the last, links to that era for the yanks. Sorry to hear of his passing.

[beuycek]

He certainly lived a full life and left all of us with some great memories. 10 championships, too. Crazy. RIP Yogi.

[daleko]

Sept 23, 2015 1:35:54 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Died earlier tonight at 90.  RIP Yogi.

RIP Yogi.
The man of many priceless quotes but this one always tickled me. "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."

Hopefully he's wrong on this one, and if there is a hereafter, many are coming to welcome him as a catcher for the higher angles ball park. “You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”

[oujour76]

Sept 23, 2015 13:33:33 GMT -5 daleko said:

Sept 23, 2015 1:35:54 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Died earlier tonight at 90.  RIP Yogi.

RIP Yogi.
The man of many priceless quotes but this one always tickled me. "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."

Hopefully he's wrong on this one, and if there is a hereafter, many are coming to welcome him as a catcher for the higher angles ball park. “You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”

Yogi was a gem.

[mscott59]

Sept 23, 2015 13:47:40 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Sept 23, 2015 13:33:33 GMT -5 daleko said:

RIP Yogi.
The man of many priceless quotes but this one always tickled me. "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."

Hopefully he's wrong on this one, and if there is a hereafter, many are coming to welcome him as a catcher for the higher angles ball park. “You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”

Yogi was a gem.

was listening to the beginning of the tribe-twins game on the radio tonite. play by play man tom hamilton was talking about yogi between pitches, as i imagine a lot of radio guys are doing this evening. he said some things i didn't know about berra. i didn't know he was involved in the d-day invasion off normandy. i didn't know that berra and joe garagiola were childhood friends, legion ball teammates, and that it was garagiola, not berra, who was thought to be the better ballplayer at the beginning of their respective careers. didnt realize that he took both the yankees and mets to world series as a manager, yet was fired within 2 years from both jobs. 19 years in the majors playing... 18 times an all-star. 358 hr's, but even more amazing, he only struck out 414 times. in his career. that's about 23 times/season. adam dunn struck out 222 times in one season, 2012. led the yankees in rbi's for 7 straight seasons. as lovable and iconic as he was after his playing days were over, i think a lot of people forget how incredibly good he was as a player.

[oujour76]

Sept 23, 2015 21:44:24 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Sept 23, 2015 13:47:40 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Yogi was a gem.

was listening to the beginning of the tribe-twins game on the radio tonite. play by play man tom hamilton was talking about yogi between pitches, as i imagine a lot of radio guys are doing this evening. he said some things i didn't know about berra. i didn't know he was involved in the d-day invasion off normandy. i didn't know that berra and joe garagiola were childhood friends, legion ball teammates, and that it was garagiola, not berra, who was thought to be the better ballplayer at the beginning of their respective careers. didnt realize that he took both the yankees and mets to world series as a manager, yet was fired within 2 years from both jobs. 19 years in the majors playing... 18 times an all-star. 358 hr's, but even more amazing, he only struck out 414 times. in his career. that's about 23 times/season. adam dunn struck out 222 times in one season, 2012. led the yankees in rbi's for 7 straight seasons. as lovable and iconic as he was after his playing days were over, i think a lot of people forget how incredibly good he was as a player.

Yeah, he was a hell of a player. Will give you another story...1964 was his first season managing the Yankees. They lost the World Series to the Cardinals 4-3. Berra was fired and replaced by Johnny Keane, the guy who was the Cardinals manager. Weird, huh?

[mscott59]

Sept 23, 2015 21:56:01 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Sept 23, 2015 21:44:24 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

was listening to the beginning of the tribe-twins game on the radio tonite. play by play man tom hamilton was talking about yogi between pitches, as i imagine a lot of radio guys are doing this evening. he said some things i didn't know about berra. i didn't know he was involved in the d-day invasion off normandy. i didn't know that berra and joe garagiola were childhood friends, legion ball teammates, and that it was garagiola, not berra, who was thought to be the better ballplayer at the beginning of their respective careers. didnt realize that he took both the yankees and mets to world series as a manager, yet was fired within 2 years from both jobs. 19 years in the majors playing... 18 times an all-star. 358 hr's, but even more amazing, he only struck out 414 times. in his career. that's about 23 times/season. adam dunn struck out 222 times in one season, 2012. led the yankees in rbi's for 7 straight seasons. as lovable and iconic as he was after his playing days were over, i think a lot of people forget how incredibly good he was as a player.

Yeah, he was a hell of a player. Will give you another story...1964 was his first season managing the Yankees. They lost the World Series to the Cardinals 4-3. Berra was fired and replaced by Johnny Keane, the guy who was the Cardinals manager. Weird, huh?

i remembered him managing the mets, and being a bench coach for the yankees (80s?) and then a manager again for a short time in the steinbrenner era. but i had no clue he'd managed in '64, which i think was the year after he retired as a player. that is bizarre.

[oujour76]

Sept 23, 2015 22:04:54 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Sept 23, 2015 21:56:01 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Yeah, he was a hell of a player. Will give you another story...1964 was his first season managing the Yankees. They lost the World Series to the Cardinals 4-3. Berra was fired and replaced by Johnny Keane, the guy who was the Cardinals manager. Weird, huh?

i remembered him managing the mets, and being a bench coach for the yankees (80s?) and then a manager again for a short time in the steinbrenner era. but i had no clue he'd managed in '64, which i think was the year after he retired as a player. that is bizarre.

In 1965, he became a player coach for the Mets. Didn't last long, though. Warren Spahn was on that team as well. For a while, the manager was Casey Stengel until he fell off of a bar stool one night and broke his hip. That was the end of Casey's managing career.