One of the greatest catcher in the history of baseball has passed away Yogi Berra. He only won ten (10) World Series Baseball Crown with the New York Yankees. RIP in Yogi.
He was one-of-a-kind. He spread happiness wherever he went. Not a bad baseball player either. R.I.P. Yogi.
Hey John, What a neat story and memory. Thanks for sharing your experience. On a side note about Rizzuto.. I was listening to the Yogi tribute today on the YES Network. Yankee announcer Michael Kay told a very moving story about Yogi going to visit The Scooter everyday while he lived out his final months in a nursing home. Yogi would stay and keep him company until Phil fell asleep every night. He knew he was scared. Kay broke down on air while telling the story. He touched a lot of people's lives in so many positive ways.I had the privilege of meeting and talking to Yogi Berra in the spring of '84.
It was at the Yankees spring training in Fort Lauderdale Florida. We lived in Coral Springs FL ( Ft. Lauderdale metro area ) then. Jose Rijo who was a pitcher in the Yankee organization lived with us in 1983 when Jose played for the Ft. Lauderdale Yankees. He was invited to NY Yankees spring training. He wanted to live at our home with us during spring training rather than the team's hotel. However that was against league rules that states that the players have to live with the team unless they have 3 years in the Majors or are married.
Jose was very adamant about staying with us and the issue went all the way up to George Steinbrenner whom I also talked to. He said there wasn't much he could do about it. So then Yogi got involved. The outcome was that Yogi said "What I don't know won't hurt me". So on that note, Jose lived with us that spring.
Yogi was a very nice down to earth man. We also met Phil Rizzuto who was a great guy.
One of the greatest catcher in the history of baseball has passed away Yogi Berra. He only won ten (10) World Series Baseball Crown with the New York Yankees. RIP in Yogi.