Should Yogi Berra get a Yankee Stadium monument?

Estil · September 23, 2015 1:08AM

In light of the passing of Yogi Berra, I was just wondering if you guys think he should get a monument at Yankee Stadium (well, Yankee Stadium III but that's not important) like Miller Huggins, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and Joe DiMaggio have. Though I think Casey Stengel is well qualified for one too, I guess we don't want too many monuments either.

What do you guys think?

PSASAP · September 23, 2015 5:27AM

Yes.

coinkat · September 23, 2015 6:43AM

Yes

sparky64 · September 23, 2015 9:21AM

Yes.

VikingDude · September 23, 2015 10:26AM

Ditto

grote15 · September 23, 2015 10:49AM

Absolutely.

perkdog · September 23, 2015 10:58AM

Without question yes

lbcoach20 · September 23, 2015 12:03PM

Definitely yes

BLUEJAYWAY · September 23, 2015 12:06PM

Yes. But if it gets too crowded there with visitors, no one will go there to visit it. A slant on a "yogism".

LarkinCollector · September 23, 2015 11:08PM

Not until Mattingly gets his.

grote15 · September 24, 2015 12:22AM

<< Not until Mattingly gets his. >>

I'm sure Donnie would hope not, as he has quite a few years left to live.

Estil · September 24, 2015 1:35AM

You know what, Don Mattingly was my boyhood idol (as he's from nearby Evansville, IN) and all, but if he cannot even make the HOF, then no chance on the monument...he's got his shirt hung up and a plaque there, and isn't it true that some players consider jersey retirement an even greater honor than the HOF?

LarkinCollector · September 24, 2015 1:41AM

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<< Not until Mattingly gets his. >>

I'm sure Donnie would hope not, as he has quite a few years left to live. >>

I might have been being a bit facetious, though I do think the monument would mean more if done while the player was living. It just seems in poor taste to discuss the day the player dies, kind of like selling autos at double the going rate.

grote15 · September 24, 2015 3:20AM

I would also rank Berra ahead of Mattingly in the pantheon of Yankee all time greats.

Estil · September 24, 2015 8:15AM

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<< Not until Mattingly gets his. >>

I'm sure Donnie would hope not, as he has quite a few years left to live. >>

I might have been being a bit facetious, though I do think the monument would mean more if done while the player was living. It just seems in poor taste to discuss the day the player dies, kind of like selling autos at double the going rate. >>

Because that rule has been in place since the first monument, Miller Huggins. If they want to honor living players (as well as papal visits) that's what the retired numbers and plaques are for.

PSASAP · September 25, 2015 1:27AM

Roger Maris would rank higher than Mattingly on the monument list, in terms of impact on the franchise.

PSASAP · September 25, 2015 1:31AM

The question asked in the headline deserves a visit from the Captain:

Brian48 · October 4, 2015 11:48PM

Not being a follower of the Yankees, I'm actually surprised that Yogi didn't already have a monument out there. Really? WTF?

Estil · October 5, 2015 3:39AM

<< Not being a follower of the Yankees, I'm actually surprised that Yogi didn't already have a monument out there. Really? WTF? >>

You have to be dead to be eligible for a monument, again this goes all the way back to the first ones (Miller, Gehrig, Ruth in that order).

blu62vette · October 5, 2015 5:00AM

Yes he should for all he did on and off the field.

Justacommeman · October 5, 2015 11:47AM

Automatic for the people

mark

thebaseballcardkid · October 7, 2015 4:17AM

With that number of rings? ummm yeah

Dave99B · October 7, 2015 11:53AM

Yessssss!

Dave

Estil · April 30, 2016 7:36AM

Well we know he'll get a jersey sleeve patch this year (gee what a shocker...). No word though on a monument.

MCMLVTopps · May 3, 2016 12:35AM

Should have done it while he was alive...what were they thinking? Should have had a "Yogi Day" and doted on him for a while. Give the man a new Escalade, something...geez!!

I'd venture a bet that the entire Red Sox Nation...100%, would vote for anything recognizing Yogi Berra. Why didn't the Yankee fans demand such recognition for such a universally beloved person?

dallasactuary · May 3, 2016 3:57AM

Originally posted by: thebaseballcardkid
With that number of rings? ummm yeah

Fun fact:

Yogi played in 10 WS for the winning team (always the Yankees).

30 different players played in between 5 and 9 WS for the winning team, and in every single case at least one of those titles was with the Yankees.

The most times anyone has played in the World Series for a winning team other than the Yankees is 4; there's too many to list here but the most prominent are Eddie Collins, Frankie Frisch and Gene Tenace.

bishop · May 3, 2016 6:26AM

Dallas--you have always been one of my favorite posters

Yogi grew up in St Louis in the Italian Hill area, with his pal Joe Garagiola. His boyhood home on Elizabeth Street was still in the Berra family as of a year or so ago. At one time 3 HOFers lived on that street, Yogi, Joe G and Jack Buck

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telephoto1 · May 5, 2016 2:03AM

Yogi is a lock for a monument IMO. Mattingly, not as sure about that.

BLUEJAYWAY · May 5, 2016 6:27AM

No question. Don't think the second generation Steinbrenners' will want to p___off the Berra family and alienate them,like George alienated Yogi for 10 years.

garnettstyle · May 5, 2016 6:41AM

No question is right. Arguably the greatest catcher ever and one of the greatest Yankees ever to play the game.

Mattingly - No way

thebaseballcardkid · May 9, 2016 10:05AM

Yogi long overdue. Donny shouldn't even be mentioned in the same paragraph.

baseballfan · May 11, 2016 12:30AM

absolutely deserves one. how does he not have one already? possibly the best catcher of all-time, 18 time all-star, 10 time world series champ, 3 time MVP, HOF + coach and manager of team.

what more did he have to do?

just my .02

craig44 · May 11, 2016 2:56AM

How could he not have a monument. Greatest Yankee catcher ever.

pocketpiececommems · May 11, 2016 11:44AM

If Yogi gets one he should have one

Estil · May 20, 2016 12:56PM

Originally posted by: baseballfan

absolutely deserves one. how does he not have one already? possibly the best catcher of all-time, 18 time all-star, 10 time world series champ, 3 time MVP, HOF + coach and manager of team.

what more did he have to do?

just my .02

I understand that they don't want too many monuments (that weird Steinbrenner one doesn't count BTW) but indeed, is there any Yankee living or dead (per monument tradition they do have to be dead to be eligible though) that's better qualified?

And did you know that Bob Costas once said when he first went to Yankee Stadium (the original 1923-73 one) as a boy and saw the monuments, he honestly thought Ruth/Gehrig/Millins were buried there! It's a wonder they weren't!!!

Should Yogi Berra get a Yankee Stadium monument?

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