Yogi Berra

[Master]

I have not heard of Yogi Berra but saw Kirkland's avatar and read about him in the new paper today. He seems like quite a character.

[greynotsoold]

My brother-in-law is from the same neighborhood in St Louis. It is called The Hill and is 99.9% Italian. The food there is incredible and so is the Budweiser beer. I think that, with St Louis being the home of Budweiser, you get better beer there. And the food...
When I was there my BiL drove me around and showed me the house where Yogi Berra grew up.

[Master]

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

I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats.


The future ain't what it used to be.

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.

This is like deja vu all over again.

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

YOGI BERRA

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

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.

We make too many wrong mistakes.

You're always nervous at the beginning, the first pitch. You get a little tense. When the game starts, then it's all right.

YOGI BERRA

A lot of guys go, 'Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.' I tell 'em, 'I don't know any.' They want me to make one up. I don't make 'em up. I don't even know when I say it. They're the truth.

Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

I break up the English a little bit. I don't mean to do it, but it just comes out that way.

If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

A good time to hit is with men on base, because the pitcher ain't got no place to put you. He's going to get that ball around there somewhere. He don't want to walk you.

All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.

So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

I looked like this when I was young, and I still do.

Never answer an anonymous letter.

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

It gets late early around here...

I didn't really say everything I said.

Yogi Berra Quotes

[brocktonblockbust]

I have not heard of Yogi Berra but saw Kirkland's avatar and read about him in the new paper today. He seems like quite a character.

If you came to The Bronx, it would be a cardinal sin to not know Yogi.

[brocktonblockbust]

My brother-in-law is from the same neighborhood in St Louis. It is called The Hill and is 99.9% Italian. The food there is incredible and so is the Budweiser beer. I think that, with St Louis being the home of Budweiser, you get better beer there. And the food...
When I was there my BiL drove me around and showed me the house where Yogi Berra grew up.

It ain't over til the fat lady sings.

[greynotsoold]

President Obama, Johnny Bench and others react to the death of Yogi Berra - LA Times

[brocktonblockbust]

@Master a lil' intro on Yogi

[TitoFan]

Great player..... colorful character..... completely intertwined with the sport of baseball.
Very tough loss for the sport.

R.I.P. Yogi.

[walrus]

Even though he played for the evil Yankees, I always like the guy. Actually he was almost traded to the red Sox

[brocktonblockbust]

Even though he played for the evil Yankees, I always like the guy. Actually he was almost traded to the red Sox

oh fuck off and get back to "ridin' the ~high hard one~"

[walrus]

It's true, the yanks were willing to trade DiMaggio for Ted Williams. The red Sox were willing to make the trade but in the last hour the Sox wanted them to throw in Yogi. The yanks backed out, the rest is history.

[Beanz]

That classic "Jazz" interview still doing the rounds



Interviewer: Can you explain jazz?

Yogi: I can't, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So if you play the wrong part, its right. If you play the right part, it might be right if you play it wrong enough. But if you play it too right, it's wrong.

Interviewer: I don't understand.

Yogi: Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's whats so simple about it.

Interviewer: Do you understand it?

Yogi: No. That's why I can explain it. If I understood it, I wouldnt know anything about it.

Interviewer: Are there any great jazz players alive today?

Yogi: No. All the great jazz players alive today are dead. Except for the ones that are still alive. But so many of them are dead, that the ones that are still alive are dying to be like the ones that are dead. Some would kill for it.

Interviewer: What is syncopation?

Yogi: That's when the note that you should hear now happens either before or after you hear it. In jazz, you don't hear notes when they happen because that would be some other type of music. Other types of music can be jazz, but only if they're the same as something different from those other kinds.

Interviewer: Now I really don't understand.

Yogi: I haven't taught you enough for you to not understand jazz that well

[Master]

Brilliant! What a man!