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RIP Yogi Berra (1 Viewer)

But that is not what I remember about him most. I remember most that the other ball players always complained that Yogi Berra would stand naked at the clubhouse buffet and scratch his genitals over the cold cuts.
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Can't think of a more underrated player. Guy is never mentioned when talking about past greats other than for weird things he did or said. His numbers in 1950 are completely ridiculous. 192 hits, 28 homers, .322 BA, 124 RBI's, all while striking out only 12 times the whole season. Yep. 12 times. Some catchers probably strike out 12 times in a week.

 
parasaurolophus said:
Can't think of a more underrated player. Guy is never mentioned when talking about past greats other than for weird things he did or said. His numbers in 1950 are completely ridiculous. 192 hits, 28 homers, .322 BA, 124 RBI's, all while striking out only 12 times the whole season. Yep. 12 times. Some catchers probably strike out 12 times in a week.
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Really? ESPN lists him as the 58th best player of all time. Of all time. Id say that's being rated just fine. If people talk about his weird sayings, thats on him.

In any case, he seemed to love the game and life. RIP

 
parasaurolophus said:
Can't think of a more underrated player. Guy is never mentioned when talking about past greats other than for weird things he did or said. His numbers in 1950 are completely ridiculous. 192 hits, 28 homers, .322 BA, 124 RBI's, all while striking out only 12 times the whole season. Yep. 12 times. Some catchers probably strike out 12 times in a week.
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I think most consider him a top 5 or 3 catcher of all time and the greatest WS champion of all time. Perhaps he is underrated to some when compared to more asthetically pleasing Yankee players, like joe d or the mick, but that is a stretch.
 
otello said:
parasaurolophus said:
Can't think of a more underrated player. Guy is never mentioned when talking about past greats other than for weird things he did or said. His numbers in 1950 are completely ridiculous. 192 hits, 28 homers, .322 BA, 124 RBI's, all while striking out only 12 times the whole season. Yep. 12 times. Some catchers probably strike out 12 times in a week.
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I think most consider him a top 5 or 3 catcher of all time and the greatest WS champion of all time. Perhaps he is underrated to some when compared to more asthetically pleasing Yankee players, like joe d or the mick, but that is a stretch.
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The Sporting News ranked him the #1 catcher of all-time this spring - crazy, but they're still in business - ahead of Bench. Bill James had an article awhile back with some pretty complicated advanced stats, bottom line is he had Yogi as #1 as well. Nobody who has any appreciable amount of baseball knowledge thinks Yogi is underrated.

Yogi could get a bat on any ball - maybe today's equivalent would be Vlad or Ichiro. Best bad ball hitter of all-time. Can't remember who said it, but when somebody tried to knock him by saying he was a bad ball hitter, the response was "Oh really? I defy you to throw him a good pitch." Great instinctual player. When he was young the press was pretty harsh on him, treated him like he wasn't very bright. Stengal took note of that, and one day in his office he told the beat writers - this was back when New York had something like 20 daily newspapers - "We don't need scouting reports on other teams. Mr. Berra knows every hitter in the league already." Don Larson never shook a single pitch in his WS perfect game.

 
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BobbyLayne said:
otello said:
parasaurolophus said:
Can't think of a more underrated player. Guy is never mentioned when talking about past greats other than for weird things he did or said. His numbers in 1950 are completely ridiculous. 192 hits, 28 homers, .322 BA, 124 RBI's, all while striking out only 12 times the whole season. Yep. 12 times. Some catchers probably strike out 12 times in a week.
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I think most consider him a top 5 or 3 catcher of all time and the greatest WS champion of all time. Perhaps he is underrated to some when compared to more asthetically pleasing Yankee players, like joe d or the mick, but that is a stretch.
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The Sporting News ranked him the #1 catcher of all-time this spring - crazy, but they're still in business - ahead of Bench. Bill James had an article awhile back with some pretty complicated advanced stats, bottom line is he had Yogi as #1 as well. Nobody who has any appreciable amount of baseball knowledge thinks Yogi is underrated.

Yogi could get a bat on any ball - maybe today's equivalent would be Vlad or Ichiro. Best bad ball hitter of all-time. Can't remember who said it, but when somebody tried to knock him by saying he was a bad ball hitter, the response was "Oh really? I defy you to throw him a good pitch." Great instinctual player. When he was young the press was pretty harsh on him, treated him like he wasn't very bright. Stengal took note of that, and one day in his office he told the beat writers - this was back when New York had something like 20 daily newspapers - "We don't need scouting reports on other teams. Mr. Berra knows every hitter in the league already." Don Larson never shook a single pitch in his WS perfect game.
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Can't argue with that.
 
Berra died of natural causes during his sleep at an assisted living facility in West Caldwell, NJ on September 22, 2015, at the age of 90, the same day as his MLB debut 69 years before.

 
Rest in Peace Yogi

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there-Yogi Berra

 
RIP Yogi.

"The future ain't what it used to be."

18 X All Star, 10 X World Series champ (7 World Series records), one of only four AL players to win MVP 3 X.

Agree with the bad ball hitter note, he could probably hit a ball over his head or bounced off the ground out of the park (and maybe did)?

Quit school after eighth grade

On why he no longer went to a restaurant - "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

Likely cartoon character derived from his name - HIS name came from a friend who noticed his cross-legged posture while waiting to bat reminded him of a Hindu yogi.

NYT obit

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/baseball/yogi-berra-dies-at-90-yankees-baseball-catcher.html

more Yogisms

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/23/us/yogi-berra-yogisms/

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Remember him fondly coaching the Astros back when I cared about baseball. '86 season in particular. Sounds like he lived a full life by all accounts and was a great guy. RIP

 
If he were here to comment on his passing he might say "It's only over if you think it's over." His legacy lives on.

RIP Yogi

 
I was just thinking, here's a guy that no one could really hate and he's a Yankee.

Guy I work with who's big into cards met Yogi once at his house. Yogi signed about 50 cards for him in 5 minutes and then invited him for supper. Lived in a regular house that he bought in 1950 like some of our grandparents. Rare breed.

 
comfortably numb said:
BobbyLayne said:
Nice tribute at the Mets game tonight.
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ahhh missed it, when was it, what was it?
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Long moment of silence before the National Anthem, then a nice video montage in the middle of the third. We had an Empire Suite for a corporate outing, and one of executives told a story about meeting him during a charity golf outing in Montauk 12 years ago. Said he was incredibly gracious and humble to everyone who came up to him (& everybody wanted a picture with him, he stick around for a long time to make sure none of the foursomes got snubbed.Being a celebrity can't be easy. You're always on. We noticed Hank Azaria had the suite next to ours & asked if he minded if we took his picture. "Twenty bucks!" he said laughing. Friendly guy but I noticed he stayed in the back of the suite the rest of the game. Walking up & down the private hall of the suite section to use the bathroom I noticed every suite had their door open except Azaria. That's life as a public figure - even when you're just taking 30 family members to a game, it's hard to just relax. You're. That. Guy.

That's one of many things about Yogi that made him a great man. He was larger than life but always thought of himself as an Italian kid from St Louis who caught a lucky break. He was always just a regular guy. Imagine meeting someone & they start gushing over you blabbering & want your autograph & a picture & they can't wait to tell everyone. You're famous and this has happened a million times. But Yogi knew that moment was a big deal for other person.

(Heard him talk about his attitude about playing baseball for a living. Talked about what a privilege it was, & if he ever felt tired he'd remember there would be people in the stands that day who had never been to a Yankee game & might never go again. So give it everything you got, this might be the only time they'll ever see you play.)

 
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