Yogi Berra

[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!