President Obama on the passing of Yogi Berra

[cal04]

"Yogi Berra was an American original—a Hall of Famer and humble veteran—prolific jokester & jovial prophet" —@POTUS
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse







(RIP to a great person and baseball player that my children and I were lucky enough to meet)

[BeyondGeography]

1. POTUS is right

[tk2kewl]

10. RIP

[shenmue]

2. Aww, man

I has a sad.

[cal04]

3. Me too shenmue

[oberliner]

4. Jovial prophet?

In what respect was he a prophet?

[meaculpa2011]

5. He prophisied that...

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Billy Martin would be fired by George Steinbrenner.

[oberliner]

7. I've never heard him referred to as a prophet before

Is that something that he had been known as over the years?

[yuiyoshida]

6. I looked it up, the Yankees retired #8

July 22nd, 1972. I hope they can further make a tribute to #8, because he is a huge legend.

[KamaAina]

8. Old Timers' Day next year is going to be an extended Yogifest

Part of the Yankee tradition is Old Timers' Day, held early in the season at the Stadium. Not only are the old-timers honored, the not-quite-as-old timers play a few innings. There is a backstory here: Yogi and the team had a disagreement some years ago, so for a while he had nothing to do with the team, including Old Timers' Day. Fortunately for all, they kissed and made up a few years ago.

[Go Vols]

9. My ex took care of his sister

as an RN home nurse when we lived in St Louis,I got to meet him and he was truly genuine,great guy.

RIP Yogi

[DFW]

11. Berra was an institution unto himself

Great and funny guy (not always intentionally, but always!). My dad used to take me to Yankees-Senators games at Griffith Stadium when I was a kid, and I saw Berra catching from afar a few times, but that was as close as I ever got.

[hifiguy]

12. A collection of great Yogi-isms

1. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

2. You can observe a lot by just watching.

3. It ain’t over till it’s over.

4. It’s like déjà vu all over again.

5. No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.

6. Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.

7. A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.

8. Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.

9. We made too many wrong mistakes.

10. Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

11. You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.

12. You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.

13. I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.

14. Never answer an anonymous letter.

15. Slump? I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.

16. How can you think and hit at the same time?

17. The future ain’t what it used to be.

18. I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just don’t fight about it. Just try to get better.

19. It gets late early out here.

20. If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.

21. We have deep depth.

22. Pair up in threes.

23. Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.

24. You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.

25. All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

26. Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

27. Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.

28. He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.

29. It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

30. I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don’t understand is how he lost five.

more athttp://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/the-50-greatest-yogi-berra-quotes

[DeeDeeNY]

15. Number 8 is priceless!

[MineralMan]

13. He came to a fork in the road, and he took it.

RIP, Yogi!

[oswaldactedalone]

14. One more misstatement from Yogi

One time, Yogi was given a check for payment which was endorsed "Pay to Bearer." He was a little upset about it because he said he hated it when people misspelled his name.

Yogi grew up in an Italian neighborhood in St. Louis known as "The Hill" and the odd thing about it was that another Major League catcher named Joe Garagiola, later a renowned broadcaster, grew up across the street from him. As Garagiola was considered a better major league prospect than Yogi, Yogi often said that he had a pretty good pro career for a kid who was the second best catcher on his block.

[Brother Buzz]

16. "Dear Mr. President, He was out!" Obama did receive the autographed iconic photograph

[AikenYankee]

17. RIP Yogi .....

[RoccoR5955]

18. As a kid in NYC in the 50s and 60s

Yogi was one of my favorites. He was an excellent catcher, and could hit like nobody else. Several times I saw him get a hit off of a ball that bounced on the ground in front of the plate! He was also a very good manager and coach.
The world is a sadder place without his witicisms.

[Hiraeth]

19. Rest in peace, Yogi

[klook]

20. My Hero.

One of many, but my hero nonetheless.

Yogi epitomized the Oscar Wilde observation, "Always be yourself. Everybody else is already taken."

RIP, Mr. Berra. As a wise guy once said, "t ain't over til it's over."