Yogi Berra: Eternal YankeeYogi Berra is one of the most popular former athletes in American history, and the most quoted American since Abraham Lincoln. Part comedian, part feisty competitor, Berra is also the winningest player (fourteen pennants, ten World Series, three MVPs) in baseball history. In this revelatory biography, Allen Barra presents Yogi's remarkable life as never seen before, from his childhood in "Dago Hill," the Italian-American neighborhood in St. Louis, to his leading role on the 1949-53 Yankees, the only team to win five consecutive World Series, to the travails of the '64 pennant race, through his epic battles and final peace with George Steinbrenner. This biography, replete with nearly one hundred photos and countless "Yogi-isms," offers hilarious insights into many of baseball's greatest moments. From calling Don Larsen's perfect game to managing the 1973 "You Gotta Believe" New York Mets, Yogi's life and career are a virtual cutaway view of our national pastime in the twentieth century. |
Contents
King of the Hill 19251942 | 3 |
Larry Berra They Call Him Yogi 19431946 | 25 |
A Silly Hitter 1947 | 52 |
PART TWO | 81 |
A Rather Strange Fellow of Very Remarkable Abilities 19481949 | 83 |
Mister Berra My Assistant Manager 19501951 | 123 |
Residue of Design 19521953 | 163 |
The House That Yogi Built 19541956 | 186 |
Eternal Yankee 1986 | 360 |
EXTRA INNINGS | 377 |
Was Yogi the Greatest? Yogi Berra Johnny Bench Roy Campanella Mickey Cochrane and Bill Dickey Compared | 379 |
Yogi Berra and the Great Minds A Comparative Study | 396 |
Casey Interviews Yogi | 400 |
Distant Replay Watching the 1956 Perfect Game with Yogi and Don Larsen | 402 |
Acknowledgments | 405 |
Notes | 411 |
The Silver Age 19571960 | 232 |
Manage Who? 19611964 | 278 |
It Aint Over 19651975 | 317 |
Déjà vu All Over Again 19761985 | 346 |
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