Yogi Berra, dead at 90, will be remembered for his paradoxical Yogiisms

In a Tweet sent out about 11 p.m. Tuesday, the Yogi Berra Museum reported the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame catcher’s passing. He appeared in commercials and would make appearances.

After his time serving in the Navy, Berra began his playing career, and immediately made an impact.

In the words of Yogi Berra, “It ain’t over till it’s over”. His proud American story will endure at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center in Little Falls, New Jersey. These photos are a tribute to him.

“Dad, the guys for the venetian blinds are here”, his son yelled upstairs to Berra, who was napping. “He always wanted me and my wife to sit with Carmen and him when we got there up in Cooperstown to have dinner the first night”. Among his amateur baseball teammates was Jack McGuire, another future MLB player.

“And it’s less filling than it would’ve been if it was more filling than they didn’t want it to be”, Berra said in a Miller Lite commercial. The home was sold soon after Carmen’s death.

Berra’s playing career with the Yankees included three MVP awards, tied for the most by a catcher in major league history.

Berra, a 15-time All Star and record 10-time World Series champion, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972. Cherished by fans of the Yankees as the ultimate victor and a key part of their dynasty, he’s also remembered warmly by Mets fans for managing their team to a National League title.

Berra finished his tour of duty with the Mets at the end of the 1975 season and became a bench coach for the Yankees from 1976-83, winning another pair of World Series rings. But he had a big and powerful swing and ended up belting 358 home runs during his storied 18-year career. The Yankees have retired his number eight jersey. Baseball Hall of Famer. “It’s deja vu all over again”, he said.

“Sharing one of Berra’s most famous quotes, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton tweeted “‘Baseball is 90% mental–the other half is physical.’ Yogi gave everything at least 140%.

One afternoon, after attending a movie that had a short piece on India, a friend Jack McGuire Jr. noticed a resemblance between him and the “yogi”, or person who practiced yoga, on the screen.

You didn’t have to know the game to know Yogi.