Yogi Berra ( May 12, 1925 - September 22, 2015)
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Love or hate the Yankees, I think most of us had a special spot for Yogi. I think we can say it’s over. RIP Yogi.
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Right behind Mickey Mantle as my favorite Yankee from the 50s and early 60s. One of the best bad ball hitters of all time.
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Full Definition of YOGI from Merriam Webster:
1: a person who practices yoga
2: capitalized : an adherent of Yoga philosophy
3: a markedly reflective or mystical person
I practice Yogi Berra everyday.
I am an adherent of Yogi philosophy.
He was number 3 to a tee.
He was the only Yogi that America has ever produced.
It will never produce another.
He was as American as apple pie and baseball.
He was an American genius…in a baseball cap and shin guards.
Bye, Yogi.
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Note: He came to the final fork in the road and took it.
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He played in 14 world series and won the World Series 10 of the 18 seasons he played. How about that, in my best Mel Allen voice.
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That ought to be the epitaph on his grave stone.
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Yogi Berra is dead. Fly the world at half mast.
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