As a youth growing up in the 60's and 70's, I was a huge baseball fan.
Then, the owners and players got greedy and each didn't want to give. It made me sad that MLB finally decided that a strike was the only recourse. (I don't like strikes. It slows down progress.)
Anyway, as a Red Sox fan, I hated the Yankees because they seemed to always have the Red Sox's number. And, they were never going to be denied.
However, one Yankee was always my favorite Yankee: Yogi Berra. I don't know why. Maybe it was because as a kid who only got to look from the outside looking in, that Yogi loved baseball. He was going to play, rain or shine.
I decided to look up some of Yogi's quips. I knew he had a lot, but I didn't know they all made a lot of sense...
Enjoy.
"Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical."
"All pitchers are liars or crybabies."
"He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."
"You can't think and hit at the same time."
"So, I'm ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face."
"It's déjà vu all over again."
"Even Napoleon had his Watergate."
"You can observe a lot just by watching."
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."
"Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel."
"The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase."
"Cut my pie into four pieces. I don't think I could eat eight."
"Never answer an anonymous letter."
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
"If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else."
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
"If you can't imitate him, don't copy him."
"The future ain't what it used to be."
"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."
"I never said most of the things I said."
"It ain't over 'til it's over."
"Always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise, they won't come to yours."
RIP, Yogi.
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Then, the owners and players got greedy and each didn't want to give. It made me sad that MLB finally decided that a strike was the only recourse. (I don't like strikes. It slows down progress.)
Anyway, as a Red Sox fan, I hated the Yankees because they seemed to always have the Red Sox's number. And, they were never going to be denied.
However, one Yankee was always my favorite Yankee: Yogi Berra. I don't know why. Maybe it was because as a kid who only got to look from the outside looking in, that Yogi loved baseball. He was going to play, rain or shine.
I decided to look up some of Yogi's quips. I knew he had a lot, but I didn't know they all made a lot of sense...
Enjoy.
"Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical."
"All pitchers are liars or crybabies."
"He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."
"You can't think and hit at the same time."
"So, I'm ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face."
"It's déjà vu all over again."
"Even Napoleon had his Watergate."
"You can observe a lot just by watching."
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."
"Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel."
"The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase."
"Cut my pie into four pieces. I don't think I could eat eight."
"Never answer an anonymous letter."
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
"If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else."
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
"If you can't imitate him, don't copy him."
"The future ain't what it used to be."
"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."
"I never said most of the things I said."
"It ain't over 'til it's over."
"Always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise, they won't come to yours."
RIP, Yogi.
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