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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Baseball great Yogi Berra dies at 90

When former Yankees general manager Larry MacPhail first saw Yogi Berra, he said the squat, goofy-looking catcher reminded him of "the bottom man on an unemployed acrobatic team."

At 5'8" with a paunchy body and mischievous smirk, Berra seemed an unlikely baseball hero. But the oft-quoted New York Yankees legend, who won three American League MVP awards and 10 World Series titles, is remembered as a clutch hitter and one of the greatest catchers of all time. He died Tuesday at the age of 90. No cause of death was immediately given.

Berra's death was confirmed in a Tweet from the Yogi Berry Museum, the New Jersey-based nonprofit that bears his name.

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

another childhood hero gone... RIP

Anonymous said...

Well if you're incapable of doing anything else in the world, then go play baseball.

Anonymous said...

Looks like it's over.

Anonymous said...

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

Thanks for the memories, Yogi!

Anonymous said...

"Baseball is 90% mental. the other half is physical"

Anonymous said...

Didn't know he was a war hero. RIP

Anonymous said...

Yogi, be sure to take that fork in the road, when you get to it. You made baseball entertaining. RIP

They don't make them like Yogi anymore.

Anonymous said...

Those were the days -- best of out lives!

Anonymous said...

8:55 -- or post crap like like your comment, POS.

Anonymous said...

He played in a amazing 75 world series games. From 1949 to 1959 the yankees won 9 pennants and 7 world series.
Stengal brought back Bill Dickey to fine tune Berra and make him great.

Wish old #7 was around as long as Yogi was.

R.I.P. YOGI BERRA