Baseball legend Lawrence “Yogi” Berra (1925-2015) had a genius for phrasemaking, which had a nagging tendency to outshine his considerable baseball skills.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.More than malaprops: St. Louis native Lawrence"Yogi" Berra, the only Major League Baseball player to have 10 World Series wins in their career, comes to life in the documentary"It Ain't Over."
Problem was, he said a lot of memorably funny things, though he was no comedian and the furthest possible distance from anyone’s idea of an insult comic. Berra exemplified heart, just like the song from “Damn Yankees” put it. He was an authentic delight with a big, generous ticker, given to aphorisms and words of wisdom such as:“Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.
The stats spoke for themselves: Only Joe DiMaggio and Berra hit more than 350 homers and struck out fewer than 500 times across their respective careers. Berra sported 10 World Series rings. New York and most of America loved the guy. Like Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, another crucial, compact emblem of 20th century New York life, Berra’s humble stature belied the wiles so many underestimated.
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