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Yogi Berra Biography

Yogi Berra aka Lawrence Peter Berra
Yogi Berra
Lawrence Peter Berra
Born: 1925-05-12
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO

Race: White
Field: Baseball
Famous for: New York Yankees

Yogi Berra Offical Website:
http://www.yogi-berra.com/

Field: Baseball

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra was a baseball player and, later, team manager. Born May 12, 1925, in St. Louis, he picked up his nickname from a friend who said he resembled a Hindu holy man, and began playing baseball in local American Legion leagues, where he learnt the basics of play as a catcher. After rejecting an offer from the St. Louis Cardinals he signed with the New York Yankees in 1942.


Playing Career

Following a spell in the US Navy during World War II he played minor league baseball with the Newark Bears before being called up for 7 games in the major leagues in 1946. The following season he played 86 games for the Yankees, and he would play 100+ for each of the following 14 years. During his 19-year career as a Yankee the Bronx Bombers dominated baseball, appearing in 14 World Series and winning ten championships. Yogi himself was a 15-time All-Star, and won the league MVP award three times (in 1951, 1954 and 1955) and caught Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 Series.

Yogi Berra Famous Quote

You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
More famous quotes by Yogi Berra


Yogi Berra News


Yogi's museum director talks to men's club
NorthJersey.com
Chalk it up to pure coincidence, or an astute program scheduling, but Dave Kaplan, director, Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, ...
Stock prices validate power of diversificationLos Altos...


Cardinal Sins
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The Seahawks got off to a nice start Sunday versus the Cardinals, but then as Yogi Berra once said, it was déjà vu all over again. ...

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High on the hog: Hawks walk away with win, Floyd at Metrodome
Gazette Online
Yogi Berra couldn't have said it any better. A big part of winning football games is not losing them. To not lose, the kicker can't miss. ...

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Leonid meteor shower? Yawn, is it time yet?
Christian Science Monitor
If you've got a feeling of Deja Vu all over again (HT Yogi Berra), it's because we had the Perseids meteor shower in August and the ...

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The Year of the Skeptic
OpEdNews
He should remember Yogi Berra: "It ain't over till it's over." Senator James Imhofe (R-Oklahoma) has a declared a great victory in the wars against health ...



Andrew Bailey And Chris Coghlan Named BBWAA's Rookies Of The Year
Bleed Cubbie Blue (blog)
Yogi Berra by Al on Nov 16, 2009 3:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs Makes me wonder if many of these writers prefer to ?ooh and ahh? over a good offensive .....


Next year is THE year for cloud computing
ZDNet
Commentary - Yogi Berra had it right - it's difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. It's especially difficult to make predictions about ...

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold Ends the Week at a New Record High
SilverSeek.com
But, as Yogi Berra said... "It ain't over 'till it's over." The CME Delivery Report showed virtually no deliveries in any metal. ...

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Democrats Slam GOP As Party Of 'Fear' In Health Care Debate
WIBW
"In the words of the great Yogi Berra, this is deja vu all over again," declared Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota. Thune argued the bill was no different ...

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New York Times

For Series, 'Human Yankee Cartwheel' Spins No More
New York Times
And there was the time she interviewed Yogi Berra and called him ?Yogi Bear.? ?My husband told me that Yogi Berra was named after Yogi Bear,? she said, ...
Yogi Berra: 'H...



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