Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") Berra
has passed away. Berra was a great baseball player, being on the
winning side in 13 of 21 World Series appearances, as player, coach, and
manager. Some consider him the greatest player, at his position, in baseball history. I'm old enough to remember number 8 of the New York Yankees, appearing, it seemed, every year, on TV, as the catcher for the Yankees.
In addition to his baseball prowess, Berra was also known for "Yogi-isms," which, as the Wikipedia
says, were "either an apparently obvious tautology or a paradoxical
contradiction." (Example: "Nobody goes there any more. It's too
crowded." Here is a link to some of these sayings, and here is another, with some duplication. And here is a compilation of 50 Yogi-isms.
Berra was known for his work with youth, after his full-time baseball career was over. His wife preceded him in death. They had been married 65 years.
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The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because is public domain. I am grateful.
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2 comments:
Yogi Berra will be long remembered! One thing I learned about him that I didn't know; he was a veteran of the D-Day Normandy invasion.
Yes. He seems to have led a full life, with many facets.
Thanks.
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