{"id":26565,"date":"2015-09-23T13:05:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T17:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26565"},"modified":"2015-09-23T13:06:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T17:06:13","slug":"we-will-all-miss-yogi-berra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26565","title":{"rendered":"We Will All Miss Yogi Berra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Yogi Berra\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yogi_Berra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Yogi Berra<\/a> was a major part of an era when baseball was a wonderful sport and most of its players were positive role models. My husband talks about the days when <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Whitey Ford\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whitey_Ford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Whitey Ford<\/a> used to play basketball with the neighborhood children at the local elementary school. Those were the days.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who remembers those days is saddened by the news that Yogi Berra has died at the age of 90.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/TheWire\/yogi-berra-quotes-funniest-one-liners\/2015\/09\/23\/id\/692882\/\" target=\"_blank\">Newsmax<\/a> has posted fifty-three Yogi Berra quotes. Here are a few of them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"1443027131851\"><strong>&#8220;I never said most of the things I said.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131850\"><strong>&#8220;It ain\u2019t over till it\u2019s over.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131850\"><strong>&#8220;<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mickey Mantle\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mickey_Mantle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Mickey Mantle<\/a> was a very good golfer, but we weren\u2019t allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131851\"><strong>&#8220;If the people don\u2019t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody\u2019s going to stop them.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131851\"><strong>&#8220;Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131851\"><strong>&#8220;I can see how he (<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Sandy Koufax\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sandy_Koufax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Sandy Koufax<\/a>) won 25 games. What I don\u2019t understand is how he lost five.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131851\"><strong>&#8220;In baseball, you don\u2019t know nothing.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131851\"><strong>&#8220;I never blame myself when I\u2019m not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn\u2019t my fault that I\u2019m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131851\"><strong>&#8220;I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131851\"><strong>&#8220;I wish everybody had the drive he (<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Joe DiMaggio\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_DiMaggio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Joe DiMaggio<\/a>) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I\u2019d never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131852\"><strong>&#8220;It\u2019s deja vu all over again.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131852\"><strong>&#8220;I usually take a two-hour nap from 1 to 4.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131852\"><strong>&#8220;Never answer an anonymous letter.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131852\"><strong>&#8220;We made too many wrong mistakes.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131852\"><strong>&#8220;You can observe a lot by watching.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131853\"><strong>&#8220;The future ain\u2019t what it used to be.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131853\"><strong>&#8220;If you don\u2019t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131853\"><strong>&#8220;You\u2019ve got to be very careful if you don\u2019t know where you are going, because you might not get there.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"1443027131853\"><strong>&#8220;It gets late early out here.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other articles about Yogi Berra note that he won\u00a010 World Series as a player and three more as a coach. Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2015\/09\/23\/my-heart-is-broken-baseball-world-mourns-iconic-yogi-berra\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Post<\/a> quoted the players that knew him and their comments.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two of the quotes from <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"New York Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">The New York Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Derek Jeter\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Derek_Jeter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Derek Jeter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cTo those who didn\u2019t know Yogi personally, he was one of the greatest <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Baseball\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">baseball players<\/a> and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"New York Yankees\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Yankees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Yankees<\/a> of all time. To those lucky ones who did, he was an even better person. To me he was a dear friend and mentor. 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. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Hal Steinbrenner\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hal_Steinbrenner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Hal Steinbrenner<\/a>, Yankees general partner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cYogi Berra\u2019s legacy transcends baseball. Though slight in stature, he was a giant in the most significant of ways through his service to his country, compassion for others and genuine enthusiasm for the game he loved. He has always been a role model and hero that America could look up to.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cWhile his baseball wit and wisdom brought out the best in generations of Yankees, his imprint in society stretches far beyond the walls of Yankee Stadium. He simply had a way of reaching and relating to people that was unmatched. That\u2019s what made him such a national treasure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cOn behalf of my family and the entire Yankees organization, we extend our deepest condolences to Yogi\u2019s family, friends and loved ones.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yogi Berra&#8217;s quotes and observations on life will be missed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yogi Berra was a major part of an era when baseball was a wonderful sport and most of its players were positive role models. 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