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Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra died Tuesday at the age of 90.

Former New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera, center, arrives at Church of the Immaculate Conception prior to funeral services for New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra, Tuesday, September 29, 2015, in Montclair, N.J. The baseball legend known for his quirky sayings...

This afternoon’s 6-1 win against the White Sox left the Yankees with a magic number of three to clinch a wild card berth. Girardi said he figured Beltran’s time would come. Two singles, two walks and a wild pitch gave the Yankees another insurance run, but Brian...

I’ll tell you about optimism: Most of us who played baseball at Wasmer Elementary thought we had at least an outside chance to make the majors – the big leagues.

We all – whatever our favorite team was – hated our opponents, but we all liked Yogi Berra (and respected Jackie Robinson.) Yogi was a great athlete and a great character whose twisted epigrams and malaprops [(“Even Napoleon had his Watergate”), were, and...

Yogi was best known as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, catchers to play the game, not to mention a manager for several years.

“I’d like to give a little recognition to Yogi Berra today”, Quinn said. His close friends from the Hill, specially Garagiola, knew differently.

Berra, the colorful Yankees legend, died early Wednesday morning.

“I had couple of family and friends (here)”, said Olt, who has three home runs in 60 at-bats with the White Sox.

It was 1985 and such things happened a lot in those days. He turned and continued walking toward a table.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she is saddened by the death of baseball legend Yogi Berra. Berra played on 10 championship teams for the New York Yankees.

Here are 18 Yogi Berra quotes to help you win at life.

“Nothing bad happens when Yogi Berra is around, ” Yankees manager Joe Torre said that day. Babe Ruth. Carlton Fisk. Men like Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio were respected, certainly.

He was a quote machine, a man who put his own spin on in the English language with what is commonly known as “Yogi-isms.”

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.