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RIP Yogi, the winningest Yankee of them all

PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
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Sad news tonight, Yogi Berra passed away at the age of 90. To paraphrase one of his great quotes, no one will go to his funeral anymore, it'll be too crowded.

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  • StoogeStooge Posts: 4,673 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not just one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game in the era in which he played, but what a super cool dude. Man he loved baseball and made it what it is today. Many condolences to his Family and the entire Yankees Family.

    Rest in peace Yogi...

    Later, Paul.
  • mikelowell25mikelowell25 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭
    Very sad news indeed. I had the pleasure of meeting him at the national in chicago in i believe 1998; he was one of the autograph guests and was sitting at the table with a friend sitting by his side and nobody was around or waiting in line for an autograph so I'm guessing he was done signing and was just resting. My friend and I walked up to the table and I quipped "Hey Yogi, nobody comes to see you, the line's too long!" (I was attempting to modify one of his famous quotes "Nobody goes there anymore, its too crowded " but forgot the last part). He turned to his friend and laughed and then said "No, it's nobody goes there, it's too crowded". We all had a laugh and my friend thought it was funny that I tried to use one of his own lines on him.

    I'm a lifelong red sox fan and Yankees hater but Yogi was and always will be one of my all-time favorite players mostly because of the character he was and his engaging personality and gruff but friendly demeanor. RIP Yogi--you will surely be missed not just by yankees fans but by all fans of the game of baseball.
  • cardsfan73cardsfan73 Posts: 205
    RIP Yogi! Growing up in St. Louis there were three men who were the most loved and respected elder statesman of the game. Stan Musial, Jack Buck and hometown boy Yogi Berra. Who would have thought the short lil guy from the Hill in St. Louis would move off to New York and win all those World Series?

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  • yankeesmanyankeesman Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was fortunate enough to be able to meet Yogi at a function at his museum in 2009. He was genuinely one of the nicest people I've ever met.

    I had been a Yogi collector before that and that day became a fan of the man himself.

    I think one of the things that drew me to him is how much he reminded me of my grandad on my moms side who I lost in 2008. We were extremely close and he and Yogi favored each other. When my dad and I got to the museum we got there early as we weren't familiar with the area and had flown in for the event. Yogi was walking in as we pulled in to the parking lot and watching him walk I could have sworn it was my grandad. Later that evening I noticed he had alot of the same mannerisms as my grandad. I pointed these out to my dad and we had a bittersweet time of reminiscing. It was just one of those great nights.

    I will truly miss Yogi.
    Don Mattingly, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson, Brian McCann and Topps Rookie Cup autograph collector
    www.questfortherookiecup.com
  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    RIP image

  • garnettstylegarnettstyle Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭✭
    Sad news. He won 3 A.L. MVP's. Yogi, Bench, and Piazza were the best of all-time.

    IT CAN'T BE A TRUE PLAYOFF UNLESS THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONS ARE INCLUDED

  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    90!! He definitely left his mark!! RIP!!
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    DAMN! Just turned on my PC and saw this. So sad. RIP Mr. Berra and remember, when you come to the fork in the road between heaven and hell ... TAKE IT! You will truly be missed.

    I'm sure MICK and BILLY are waiting at the Gates with a few cold ones for ya!!!

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    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • skrezyna23skrezyna23 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭
    I was working on my first TTM, 1985 Topps Yankees team. I honestly said to myself, "I need to get this mailed because I'm not sure how much longer Yogi will be around." Sadly I never sent it and I now hear of his passing. He was a true icon for baseball fans, short ball players and will definitely be missed. RIP Yogi.
    My Don sets / Donnie / Buehrle / Korean
  • jmbjmb Posts: 595 ✭✭✭
    Always been a huge fan of Yogi. Sad day. image
  • dennis07dennis07 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭
    RIP! Another of the greatest generation gone.
    Collecting 1970 Topps baseball
  • DrFongDrFong Posts: 326


    << <i>......I'm sure MICK and BILLY are waiting at the Gates with a few cold ones for ya!!!........... >>



    They better be Yoo Hoo. RIP Larry.
    All your money won't another minute buy.
  • DniceDnice Posts: 848
    RIP. I feel like we only have Mays and Aaron left now image
  • miwlvrnmiwlvrn Posts: 4,273 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>RIP. I feel like we only have Mays and Aaron left now image >>



    Al Kaline is still doing well too!
  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,522 ✭✭✭✭
    Yogi was a good friend of collectors!

    RIP

    IMF

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    Successful dealings with Wcsportscards94558, EagleEyeKid, SamsGirl214, Volver, DwayneDrain, Oaksey25, Griffins, Cardfan07, Etc.
  • Nathaniel1960Nathaniel1960 Posts: 2,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    don't forget the Chairman of the Board
    Kiss me once, shame on you.
    Kiss me twice.....let's party.
  • OckhamsRazorOckhamsRazor Posts: 207 ✭✭
    “His wife once asked Berra where he wanted to be buried, in St. Louis, New York or Montclair. ‘I don’t know,’ he said. ‘Why don’t you surprise me?’”
    Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all "right-thinking" people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

    This is known as “bad luck.”
  • begsu1013begsu1013 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭
    this is getting surreal. just bought 3 signed bowman berra yesterday around noon and bought the gifford the day before as well.

    but in all seriousness...

    gonna miss ya yog's!

    hey boo-boo?
  • RedRomad275RedRomad275 Posts: 728
    RIP Yogi

    Looking for 81-84 Topps Stickers in PSA 9 or better, 81 Topps Scratch offs, 83 Topps Fold outs in PSA 8 or better, 83 Fleer Stamps and 81/86 Fleer Star Stickers in PSA 9 or better.
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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,478 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very sad!

    Time for me to tell the "Yogi" story for those who may have missed it - I've told it enough to where I'm sure I'm singing to the choir. And of course, to those here who witnessed it first hand.

    CU Member: "I'm looking for all graded Yogi Berra cards"

    Response: "I've got a really nice PSA 5 Berk Ross"

    CU Member: "No thanx, I'm only interested in Berra"

    The board lit up with laughter. In fact, I think they're still laughing!

    This story's for you Yogi. RIP
    Mike
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,478 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My favorite Berra story:

    He, Mantle and Ford went for pizza.

    Each ordered their "own" pie.

    Waitress: "Yogi, do you want that cut in 6 or 8 slices?"

    Berra: "Better make it 6, I don't think I can eat 8" image
    Mike
  • psychumppsychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
    Rest in Peace Yogi. "A nickle ain't worth a dime anymore".
    Tallulah Bankhead — 'There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.'
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." RIP, Yogi
    Who is the Golf Card Guy?
  • TheDudeAbidesTheDudeAbides Posts: 400 ✭✭✭
    "Nobody goes there anymore ... it's too crowded."
    Collecting 64, 66, 67, 70 & 71 Baseball. Cubs, wax, cello & rack baseball.
  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭
    Rest in peace, Yogi.

    As a 10 year old kid in 1961 and enamored with everything baseball,
    I thought the Yankees were the greatest thing ever.

    I don't think I really understood that Yogi was nearing the end of
    his playing career and that he had been moved to left field in order
    to make room for Elston Howard. All I knew was that these guys
    were good, and even more than that, they were individual icons.
    None, except maybe for Mantle, more so than Yogi. Hell, they even
    had a cartoon based on his name.

    A notoriously good "bad ball" hitter, Yogi said that if he could hit it,
    it was a good pitch, and he hit a fair few good and bad pitches.

    Sad that he's no longer among us.

    John


    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭
    very sad day


    RIP
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • BaltimoreYankeeBaltimoreYankee Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yogi was a true baseball legend. His playing days were over before I followed the game but I certainly remember him managing the Mets. Here's a 1953 Bowman that he signed for me through the mail in the 1980's (OK, it's really a reprint from the June, 1986 issue of Baseball Cards magazine). RIP Yogi!

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    Daniel
  • NJ80sBBCNJ80sBBC Posts: 764 ✭✭✭✭
    A great ball player and even better person. What more could one want in a man? A true American icon.

    Separately, not sure how he did not crack into the top 4 "Greatest Living Players" (sorry Bench fans)

    Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays and Johnny Bench are introduced as the "Greatest Living Players"
    Conundrum - Loving my unopened baseball card collection....but really like ripping too
  • OckhamsRazorOckhamsRazor Posts: 207 ✭✭
    This quote seems relevant today:

    “Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.”
    ― Yogi Berra, When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes
    Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all "right-thinking" people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

    This is known as “bad luck.”
  • bouncebounce Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭
    Yogi was awesome, really going to miss him.

    And a big Congrats to Press Pass Collectibles, they were the first to email me links to purchase autographed merchandise, really classy.
  • garnettstylegarnettstyle Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays and Johnny Bench are introduced as the "Greatest Living Players" >>



    Koufax over Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver? I would also replace Bench with Pete Rose.

    IT CAN'T BE A TRUE PLAYOFF UNLESS THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONS ARE INCLUDED

  • MyDaughtersNameIsMattinglyMyDaughtersNameIsMattingly Posts: 541 ✭✭✭
    When Mattingly joined the Dodgers in 2008, Derek Lowe was wearing #23, so Donnie chose #8 as a tribute to Yogi.

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  • begsu1013begsu1013 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭
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    << <i>
    Response: "I've got a really nice PSA 5 Berk Ross"

    CU Member: "No thanx, I'm only interested in Berra"
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  • bumpskierbumpskier Posts: 65 ✭✭
    I didn't think Yogi would last too long after the death last year of his beloved wife Carmen. She was a great baseball wife and a constant presence at the Berra Museum in Montclair, NJ. There are not many great baseball players that were also great husbands and had such a long a loving relationship with great kids and grandkids. Of the ones I can think of, maybe only Musial qualifies.

    Sad to see Yogi go, but hope he is excited to be reunited with Carmen
  • yankeesmanyankeesman Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    One of the greatest collecting experiences I've ever had was getting to meet him and get this pic taken with he and my dad at the museum.


    Yogi's granddaughter Lindsey said that Carmen's birthday was Tuesday and Yogi wanted to be with her on her birthday. Never be another like him.
    Don Mattingly, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson, Brian McCann and Topps Rookie Cup autograph collector
    www.questfortherookiecup.com
  • redlegsredlegs Posts: 963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    RIP Yogi. My favorite card of his.

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  • begsu1013begsu1013 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭


    << <i>this is getting surreal. just bought 3 signed bowman berra yesterday around noon and bought the gifford the day before as well.

    but in all seriousness...

    gonna miss ya yog's!

    hey boo-boo? >>



    I have to give a shout out to ebay seller 927richardms for actually shipping these cards!

    he did honor the sale and shipped them the day of his passing.

    it's refreshing to know the there are sellers still out there that are not about the all mighty dollar!!

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