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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another childhood hero gone... RIP
ReplyDeleteWell if you're incapable of doing anything else in the world, then go play baseball.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it's over.
ReplyDelete"It ain't over 'til it's over."
ReplyDeleteThanks for the memories, Yogi!
"Baseball is 90% mental. the other half is physical"
ReplyDeleteDidn't know he was a war hero. RIP
ReplyDeleteYogi, be sure to take that fork in the road, when you get to it. You made baseball entertaining. RIP
ReplyDeleteThey don't make them like Yogi anymore.
Those were the days -- best of out lives!
ReplyDelete8:55 -- or post crap like like your comment, POS.
ReplyDeleteHe played in a amazing 75 world series games. From 1949 to 1959 the yankees won 9 pennants and 7 world series.
ReplyDeleteStengal 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