New York Yankees Legend Yogi Berra Dies at 90
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/york-yankees-legend-yogi-berra-dies-90/story?id=25437934
Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees All-Star catcher who became as famed for his humorous adages as his athletic prowess, died Tuesday, the Yogi Berra Museum reported. He was 90.
"It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Yogi Berra passed away Tuesday night at the age of 90," the museum wrote in a statement.
People forget what a great player he was because of his humour and personality. It's impressive when you're a hall of fame catcher based on merit and performance on the field and your greatest reconigition comes from your humour, insight and genius off the field. The world has lost a great one.
He and I have one thing in common...we are both 5'8". .
That man said enough funny things to fill up several issues worth of "Say What?". RIP Yogi.
The future ain't what it used to be.
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." RIP
"It's daja vu all over again."
“Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”
"If you don't know where you're going you can end up someplace else"
even as a Dodger fan … I always held him as the greatest catcher ever ….
he was a Gunner's Mate on a WW2 ship … served in the Channel during D day, and he's in the HOF
I was a Gunner's Mate on a Viet Nam ship … served in the Tonkin Gulf … that's as close as I'll get to any HOF 
“I never said most of the things I said.”
"...And then, it's over."
On death: "Always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise they won't go to yours."
Don't you worry Yogi... everyone is gonna be there...
in spirit if not in person … this even from a lifelong Dodger fan
In reply to wbjones:
ditto from this Orioles fan . Yogi played the most difficult position in the game, both mentally and physically, served in wartime, in the largest military invasion ever no less, and always had a bright positive demeanor and perspective. The world could use more Yogis
Copied from NY Post. Top 35 Yogisms. Some covered here already
Here are 35:
“It ain’t over till it’s over.”
“It’s deja vu all over again.”
“I usually take a two-hour nap from 1 to 4.”
“Never answer an anonymous letter.”
“We made too many wrong mistakes.”
“You can observe a lot by watching.”
“The future ain’t what it used to be.”
“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”
“It gets late early out here.”
“If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.”
“Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”
“Pair up in threes.”
“Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.”
“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”
“All pitchers are liars or crybabies.”
“A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”
“Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.”
“He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”
“I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.”
“I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won 25 games. What I don’t understand is how he lost five.”
Modal Trigger
Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra in 1955.
“I don’t know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.”
“I’m a lucky guy and I’m happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.”
“I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.”
“In baseball, you don’t know nothing.”
“I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?”
“I never said most of the things I said.”
“It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.”
“I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.”
“I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I’d never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field.”
“So I’m ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face.”
“Take it with a grin of salt.”
(On the 1973 Mets) “We were overwhelming underdogs.”
“The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.”
“You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
RIP, sir.
19 years, 358 home runs, only 414 strikeouts.
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