The Yogi Berra Museum announced that the Hall of Fame catcher had died on Tuesday evening.
Berra spent almost all of his 19-year career with the New York Yankees. He was a three-time Most Valuable Player and 13-time World Series champion.
He was also known for his humorous and paradoxical quotes.
They included “it ain’t over till it’s over” and “it’s like deja-vu all over again”.
Yogi Berra’s greatest quotes
- It’s like deja-vu all over again
- It ain’t the heat; it’s the humility
- Baseball is 90% mental – the other half is physical
- I never said most of the things I said… Take it with a grin of salt
- If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up some place else
- He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious
- You can observe a lot by watching
- The future ain’t what it used to be
- Never answer an anonymous letter
- When you come to a fork in the road, take it
- I always thought that record would stand until it was broken
- If the world was perfect, it wouldn’t be
- Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t go to yours
- Berra launched a defamation lawsuit over the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Yogi Bear, although he later withdrew it.
The management said the name was a coincidence, but it was widely believed he was the inspiration.
Berra was born Lawrence Peter to Italian immigrants in 1925.
He was said to have been given the nickname Yogi by a friend who saw him sitting cross-legged and looking like a meditating yogi.
Among his career highlights were 15-straight MLB All-Star Game appearances.
He played alongside fellow Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle in the star Yankees outfit.
In 1956 he caught the only perfect game – for pitcher Don Larsen – that has ever been achieved in a World Series match-up.
After finishing playing he managed the Yankees and New York Mets to league pennants.(BBC News)
- Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34333249
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