That Yankee Hall of Famer Yogi Berra was a D-Day as a gunners mate on a rocket launcher landing craft at Omaha Beach. He served in the European theatre until he suffered a hand wound and was sent back to the states.
He was happy with his wound since he was covering up a more vital region. You see he only wanted to be known as a bad ball "hitter." So to speak.
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Truly a great American. I am glad I got to see him play in 1961, at the first big league game I ever saw.
I think it was Carol Herman who once called him Barry Yoga?
It's deja vu all over again!
Had to throw in a Yogi-ism.
Somebody said the Yogi-isms were made up by someone else. Like:
"No one goes there anymore, its too crowded."
But I'm skeptical. Yogi was a smart guy but uneducated, cross the two and you get Yogi-isms.
"I didn't say the things I said."
My mom was a baby sitter for Yogi and his wife. She said the house had cases of Yoo-Hoo.
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A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
Yogi Berra quotes:
All pitchers are liars or crybabies.
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
Even Napoleon had his Watergate.
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.
I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?
I never said most of the things I said.
If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.
Fred, Martha Stewart also babysat Berra's, Mantle's and McDougalds kids.
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