YOGI BERRA RUMORS & GOSSIP
Yogi Berra partied with Joe Piscopo, David Cone for his 88th birthday
Yankee great Yogi Berra had a helluva birthday party according to Page 6:
Yankee greats David Cone, Ron Guidry and Rich “Goose” Gossagehelped Yogi Berra — the catcher whose infamously quirky quips...
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Little Yankees fan joins cute club
The New York Yankees have retired more numbers than any other team in baseball -- 15 of them, including one for two players (the No. 8 of catchers Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra). And even some of the most diehard Bombers fans might not be able to name all of them offhand.
But that's not a problem for one 18-month-old girl, appropriately named CC, who rattled off the names of all...
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13 days ago
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On This Day in History | 1957
Bill “Moose” Skowron (Photo courtesy of the Yes Network)
On this day 56 years ago, Bill Skowron outshone the likes of Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, and Yogi Berra, slugging two home runs in a 10-7 win over Boston. His first dinger, yielded by Willard Nixon, led off the 2nd inning. It was an historic blast that not only cleared the left centerfield wall, but soared to the right...
Deja Vu All Over Again with Yogi Berra
Berra’s plaque hangs in Cooperstown (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
When the final chapter of the game is written and the Pantheon of baseball greats is assembled, Lawrence Peter Berra will surely be among them. In his 18-year, Hall of Fame career as a New York Yankee, Yogi Berra was the glue of two dynasties, piloted by Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, was the preeminent...
The world needs Yogi Berra on Twitter
There is one former athlete that needs to embrace Twitter, because it was made for him. That is Yogi Berra. The social platform and the former New York Yankees sage would be a match-made in heaven. That is if you believe he said all the things that he has been quoted as saying. Berra has denied for year that all those Yogisms actually are true. Jack Curry, a reporter for the YES...
'Bama, Florida one step closer to yesteryear
To quote Yogi Berra, it's like dj vu all over again.
With a month left in the regular college football season, we are once more faced with the prospect of a Florida -- Alabama SEC Championship that will be the defacto national title game.
It isn't the first time. In fact, it will be the third time in five years that the game in Atlanta in early December will likely be...
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October 20, 2012
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5 Reasons Why The Phillies Will Make The Playoffs
A man by the name of Yogi Berra once said, “It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over.” For the 2012 Philadelphia Phillies, the last time I checked, there is still 59 games left in the season, which is plenty of baseball. If you just look at one year ago, the Cardinals and Rays were 8.5 games behind a playoff spot going into September and both teams made it. Every Phillies fan knows...
Larry Lucchino Relays Yogi Berra's Advice to Students During Speech (Video)
Yogi Berra has always had some interesting catchphrases, and Larry Lucchino decided to share some with Bentley University students Lucchino was delivering a speech at the school's commencement ceremony after receiving an honor degree from the institution. His speech proved to be both humorous and informative. Watch part of it above. Then check out the remaining parts below. Part...
2012 Cardinals finding unexpected motivation
As that great baseball philosopher and native St. Louisan Yogi Berra once famously uttered,
“Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”
Despite the comfort that many find in words and stats, there can be no dispute that mental preparation and state of mind has a huge part in athletic performance. Yet its inherent inability to be identified, let alone quantified...
Yogi Berra, Chris Mullin to get Munson Awards
Yogi Berra will be among the honorees at the 32nd Thurman Munson awards dinner.
He'll be joined by Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey and former NBA and St. John's star Chris Mullin, who will receive awards for their athletic success and philanthropic work at the dinner on Jan. 31 in New York.
The 86-year-old Berra will receive the Munson Legend...
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December 14, 2011
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