CS&T/AllsportsAmerica Tribute to Yogi Berra, 09/24/2015.

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Yogi Berra (PhotoRay Stubblebine/Reuters)  

CS&T, Inc./AA Favorite Yogi Berra Quote:

"It ain't over till it's over." In July 1973, Berra's Mets trailed the Chicago Cubs by 9½ games in the National League East. The Mets rallied to clinch the division title in their last regular-season home game and finished the season 8 games ahead of the Cubs.

Note: Our 2015 Cubs believe and understand this quote and are practicing it right now. Another lesson well taught and another lesson well learned!!!

Yogi Berra Brief History:

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and coach who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1946–63, 1965), all but the last for the New York Yankees. An 18-time All-Star and 10-time World Series champion as a player, Berra had a career batting average of .285, while compiling 358 home runs and 1,430 runs batted in. He is one of only five players to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award three times. Widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.

A native of St. Louis, Berra signed with the Yankees in 1943 before serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II. Making his major league debut in 1946, he was a mainstay in the Yankees' lineup during the team's championship years in the 1940s and 1950s. Despite his short stature, Berra was a power hitter and strong defensive catcher. Berra caught Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, the only perfect game in MLB postseason history. After playing 18 seasons with the Yankees, Berra retired following the 1963 season. He spent one season as their manager, then joined the New York Mets in 1965 as coach (and briefly a player again). Berra remained with the Mets for the next decade, the latter four years of which were spent as their manager. Berra returned to the Yankees in 1976, coaching them for eight seasons and managing for two, before coaching the Houston Astros. He was one of seven managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series. As a player, coach, or manager, Berra appeared in 21 World Series and won 13 of them.

The Yankees retired his uniform number 8 in 1972 and honored him with a plaque in Monument Park in 1988. Berra was named to the MLB All-Century Team in a voting by fans in 1999. For the remainder of his life, he was closely involved with the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, which he opened on the campus of Montclair State University in 1998. Berra, who quit school after the eighth grade, was also known for his malapropisms as well as confusing, pithy and paradoxical quotes, such as "It ain't over 'til it's over", while speaking to reporters. Simultaneously denying and confirming his reputation, Berra once stated, "I really didn't say everything I said." He died at the age of 90 of natural causes.

Yogi Berra Hall of Fame Plaque.

Inducted in 1972

If championships are the best measure of success, then Berra stands second to no one. His 14 World Series appearances, 75 Series games played, and 71 Series hits are all records. A three-time MVP, the Yankee hit 20 homers in 10 consecutive seasons. Known as well for his way with words, Berra will be remembered for the oft-quoted "it's never over till it's over." He had 1,430 lifetime RBI to go with his 358 home runs.

A Yogi Berra Photo Gift For President Obama.

 

The photo is of Jackie Robinson sliding into home plate at the 1955 world series, he was called safe that day and the Brooklyn Dodgers won the world series. Yogi was the catcher and had a difference of opinion, I got him to share that in the photo...Yogi signed it '' Dear Mr. President, He was out! '' and we know history tells us a different story.

"Yogi-isms":

Berra was also well known for his pithy comments, malapropisms, and witticisms, known as Yogi-isms. Yogi-isms very often take the form of either an apparently obvious tautology or a paradoxical contradiction, but often with an underlying and powerful message that offered not just humor, but wisdom. According to Slate.com, "Berra biographer Allen Barra described these famed Yogi-isms as 'distilled bits of wisdom which, like good country songs and old John Wayne movies, get to the truth in a hurry.”

Note: The above Information was taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yogi's famous Yogi-isms: They didn't all come from Berra himself

By David Brown, Baseball Writer

In 1998, New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra published a memoir called The Yogi Book: I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said. The title pretty much says it all: Not every famous quote attributed to Yogi Berra -- Yogi-isms -- was actually said by Yogi Berra.

In the wake of the news of Berra's death Tuesday night at age 90, the New York Times published an informational story looking into Berra's Yogi-isms. Based of that, let's take a look at few of the most famous Berra quote attributions and see how true they are.

Quote: "It ain't over 'til it's over."

Did he say it? Kind of.

The Times says:

By most accounts, Berra said this about the 1973 pennant race. Berra managed the Mets, who were in fifth place at the end of August but rallied to win the National League East. 

Berra did say “You're not out until you're out,” according to the writer Dave Anderson, who quoted Berra in a New York Times column when Berra was managing the Mets in 1974.

Quote: "It's déjà vu all over again."

Did he say it? Probably not until somebody else had said it first.

The Times says:

Berra told the Times language columnist William Safire in 1987 that he never said it, but later in life was known to take credit for it. 

Quote Investigator found the line, not tied to Berra, in newspapers as far back as the 1960's. 

The first Times reference to the phrase attributed to Berra was in 1985 in an editorial on the scandal over the French sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.

Quote: "90 percent of the game is half mental."

Did he say it? Yes.

The Times says:

"In his book, Berra took credit for this one. This quote is also sometimes rendered as 'Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.' "

Other sources (one that was compiled by CBS News in 2002) have a more complete list of Yogi-isms -- included:

• "You can observe a lot by watching."

• "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

• "Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded."

Note: For more "Yogi-isms", please go to www.brainyquote.com and put Yogi Berra quotes in the search box; be prepared to laugh and enjoy these terrific quotes. There are pages of them.

Chicago Sports & Travel, Inc./AllsportsAmerica Thoughts: We grew up with Yogi, followed his entire career as a player, coach and manager. He was a great teacher, mentor and confidante. Men of this caliber are very rare and don't come around often. His time on this earth was very well spent and his job was very well done. Please rest in peace old friend, you've earned it.

This it the third MLB player that we grew up watching play baseball in the 50's, 60's and 70's, Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs; Minnie Minoso, Chicago White Sox and Yogi Berra, New York Yankees, that have passed this year. Icons, each of them, they're gone but the memories will live forever. Thank you, thank you, thank you guys.

The Chicago Sports & Travel, Inc./AllsportsAmerica Editorial Staff.

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