Baseball Legend Yogi Berra Dies at 90

Legendary New York Yankees catcher and manager Yogi Berra has passed away at the age of 90.

Berra holds the Major League Baseball records for most appearances in the World Series (14) and most World Series wins (10), and played alongside other baseball legends such as Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 and is widely considered one of the greatest catchers of all time.

After retiring as a player, Berra became a manager for the Yankees and than the New York Mets, only to eventually return to manage his beloved Yankees. As a manager, his career was more middling, with a 484-444 record.

But off the field, Berra was best loved for his “Yogisms,” a series of off-the-cuff and unintentionally hilarious statements about baseball and life. “It’s deja vu all over again,” he famously remarked, to give just one instance.

Perhaps his best Yogism came when he was asked about the practice. “I never said half the things I said,” he responded.

[Image via National Baseball Hall of Fame]
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