Yankees pay tribute to Yogi Berra before Thursday’s game

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

A day after he died, the tributes poured in from the sports world and beyond. In 1956, Berra played for the American League in the All-Star Game at Griffith Stadium. Unfortunately, for most people, that’s all they have to remember Berra by. I don’t recall him repeating any of his trademark Yogi-isms, such as “I really didn’t say everything I said.”

Berra played on 14 pennant-winning and 10 World Championship teams – more than any other player in baseball history. He was an 18-time All-Star.

“He had an unbelievable ability of being humble and confident all at the same time, put it together like no other man in history”, said his son Dale. If you got the timing, it’ll go. That’s just the way he was. Berra is also credited for offering the following piece of advice to young baseball players, “Baseball is 90 percent mental”.

I will leave Squawker Jon to write about Berra’s impact on his Mets.

“If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to answer”.

The first photo in the gallery is of Yogi immediately after I interviewed him.

“You can’t think and hit at the same time”. Now, sadly we all have our commentary clichés and believe me, we do attempt to stay away from them, but there will always be a whole host of them that grate. She said, ‘Your father will be devastated.

When I think back to one of Berra’s famous Yogi-isms, it’s “It ain’t over till it’s over”.

Tim Berra was a standout wide receiver at the University of Massachusetts and had a brief stint in the National Football League with the Baltimore Colts. “He will always be remembered for his success on the field, but I believe his finest quality was how he treated everyone with sincerity and kindness”. “Dad had a great way of relating to everyone”. He was a buddy of mine. I had a chance to talk to him Saturday before the game.

Lindsay Berra noted that Tuesday was Carmen Berra’s birthday.

“Renowned as a great teammate, Yogi stood for values like inclusion and respect during the vital era when our game began to become complete and open to all”.

“And our pal Frankie Crosetti had his name up there-he had just died earlier that year”. Fair enough. But let’s never forget what a heck of a player Yogi Berra was. “I didn’t get too many autographs, but he was one”.

Funeral arrangements for Berra are private.

There was never a public figure who messed up the English language in a more endearing way than Yogi Berra. We’ll miss you, Yogi, but your legacy ain’t over.