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Berra, Yogi
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Berra, Yogi (Lawrence Peter Berra) (bĕr`ə), 1925–, American baseball player and manager, b. St. Louis. An outstanding catcher with the New York Yankees (1946–63), Berra was the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1951, 1954, and 1955, hit 358 career home runs and appeared in 14 World Series. He managed the Yankees and Mets for a total of seven years, leading each team to the pennant (Yankees, 1964; Mets, 1973); he also coached with the Mets, Yankees, and Astros, Berra is renowned for his unintendedly ironic humorous comments.

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See his Ten Rings: My Championship Seasons (2003).


Berra, Yogi

 orig. Lawrence Peter Berra

(born May 12, 1925, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.) U.S. baseball player, manager, and coach. Berra joined the New York Yankees in 1946 and served as the team's regular catcher from 1949 until his retirement in 1963. He was named the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1951, 1954, and 1955. He caught in more World Series games (75) than any other catcher and hit 20 or more home runs a season through 1958. He managed the Yankees in 1964 but was fired and became a coach and manager (1965–75) with the New York Mets. He returned to the Yankees as a coach (1976–82) and later manager (1983–85). He was known for idiosyncratic remarks such as “It ain't over till it's over” and “It's déjà vu all over again.” The American cartoon character Yogi Bear was named for him.



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The biggest stadium, the richest team, the team with the greatest all-time record, the team that has produced heroes like Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Berra, Jeter, and dozens of other super stars.
``Snow White'' features a wisecracking Mirror (Kamber Moen), Sir Pompous (Jim Robinson), and Sir Clumsy and Sir Silly (Vicki Lightner and Stephanie Arbogast), along with Nikki Berra as Snow White and Leslie Berra as the evil Queen.
Almost any baseball fan would give his (or her) right arm to walk on the grass of "the house that Ruth built," shag flies in the outfield that was once patrolled by Mickey Mantle, sit on the bench formerly occupied by Yogi Berra, and tread the same bases as Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris, Don Mattingly and hundreds of others who wore the Yankee pin stripes.
 
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