Yogi Berra dies at 90

[isukgolf]

One of my favorite sports guys ... RIP Yogi [URL=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/baseball/yogi-berra-dies-at-90-yankees-baseball-catcher.html?_r=0]http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/baseball/yogi-berra-dies-at-90-yankees-baseball-catcher.html?_r=0[/URL]

[David in FL]

I guess it's over.... :-(

[isukgolf]

When you come to the fork in the road ... take it ...

[AbsoluteTruths]

We were reading his Yogisms at work today. My favorite. Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.

RIP

[Patch]

"I  never said 90% of the things I said"...................THE MAN  will be missed.

[RandallT]

"Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical." Applies to golf too

[isukgolf]

Nobody goes there anymore ... its too crowded ...

[adam3553]

Another good yogiism was "Cut that pizza into 4 slices. Im not hungry enough to eat 6". My family is big into baseball and it was passed down to me. I love hearing my grandpa talk about the old players. RIP Yogi

[Patch]

Here's most of them...............http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/y/yogi_berra.html

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/the-50-greatest-yogi-berra-quotes

[turtleback]

I'll just add something from the perspective of was born in NY and lived there until 1980. Yogi was one of the most beloved figures in NY over that time period.  I just barely caught the end of his playing career, but I've read a lot about his prowess as a player.  He was renowned as a junk ball hitter.  He could take a pitch that would have been ball 4 and drill it over the left-fielders head for a double.  Pitchers intentionally waling him had to be careful because I believe that at least on one occasion he inched closer to the player and drilled on the other intentional balls over the wall for a HR.

In a way while his Yogi-isms are great, it is too bad that he is remembered primarily for that and not for his ability, because he was a hell of a player.  And while he did not have the same level of success as a manager, he was a great institution of the NY scene (although I'm pretty sure he actually lived in NJ)..

[dkolo]

He's a guy from well before my time, but he always carried himself well, devoted himself to great causes, and had universal love from the people who knew him. Sad to lose him.

[RandallT]

Agree with the sentiments here. I visited family just outside NY city a lot growing up, and my grandfather was a lifelong Yankees fan. Yogi was so much more than just a sum of the quotes we use to pay him tribute now, no doubt.  But as aphorisms go, his usually betrayed a somewhat keen insight into human nature. Far from the simpleton that some might think, based on some of those quotes, Yogi was quite an impressive man.