{"id":7109,"date":"2015-09-23T13:59:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T17:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=7109"},"modified":"2020-04-23T23:37:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T03:37:53","slug":"r-i-p-yogi-berra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=7109","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Yogi Berra – Our Dozen FAV quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yogi_Berra\"<\/p>\n

Legendary New York Yankee baseball catcher (and beloved wise guy) Yogi Berra died today at age 90.<\/p>\n

The NY Yankees franchise began their tribute<\/a> to their shining star in stirring fashion:
\nA loss that unquestionably transcends the game has sent all of baseball into deep mourning. Yogi Berra — Hall of Famer, all-time Yankees legend, World War II veteran, master of misstatement and beloved international icon, is gone. Berra died Tuesday night — on the 69th anniversary of his Major League debut — at age 90.<\/em><\/p>\n

The team website<\/a> has a plethora of interesting articles about Yogi and his life \u2013 a must read for Yogi\u2019s fans.<\/p>\n

Here are By George\u2019s Dozen FAV quotes from the man who could leave all others speechless with his insight.<\/p>\n

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  1. It’s like deja-vu all over again<\/li>\n
  2. You can observe a lot by watching<\/li>\n
  3. The future ain’t what it used to be<\/li>\n
  4. When you come to a fork in the road, take it<\/li>\n
  5. If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up some place else<\/li>\n
  6. If the world was perfect, it wouldn’t be<\/li>\n
  7. Baseball is 90% mental – the other half is physical<\/li>\n
  8. He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious<\/li>\n
  9. I always thought that record would stand until it was broken<\/li>\n
  10. The future ain\u2019t what it used to be<\/li>\n
  11. It ain\u2019t over \u2018til it\u2019s over<\/li>\n
  12. I never said most of the things I said… Take it with a grin of salt<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here are a few more of Yogi Berra\u2019s unflappable gems.<\/p>\n

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    • Never answer an anonymous letter<\/li>\n
    • It ain’t the heat; it’s the humility<\/li>\n
    • I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four<\/li>\n
    • A nickel ain\u2019t worth a dime anymore<\/li>\n
    • Pie a la mode, with ice cream<\/li>\n
    • You tell the stupidest questions<\/li>\n
    • I wish I had an answer to that, because I’m tired of answering that question<\/li>\n
    • (about a St. Louis restaurant)<\/em> No one goes there anymore. It’s too crowded<\/li>\n
    • Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t go to yours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      And he was never at a loss of words about the game he loved:<\/p>\n

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      • We made too many wrong mistakes<\/li>\n
      • The lousy teams are good this year<\/li>\n
      • We were overwhelming underdogs<\/li>\n
      • (about the effect of the sun in left field in the old Yankee Stadium during late-season games)<\/em> It gets late early out there<\/li>\n
      • (about teammate Bill Dickey)<\/em> He learned me all his experience<\/li>\n
      • If people don’t want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Rest in Peace Yogi.<\/p>\n

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        Legendary New York Yankee baseball catcher (and beloved wise guy) Yogi Berra died today at age 90. The NY Yankees franchise began their tribute to their shining star in stirring fashion: A loss that unquestionably transcends the game has sent all of baseball into deep mourning. Yogi Berra — Hall of Famer, all-time Yankees legend,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[81,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7109"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11474,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109\/revisions\/11474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}