Yogi Berra Biography

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Imagine this: you are up to bat, in the 1947 World Series, and the crowd is chanting your name. Here’s wind up, then the pitch, you swing the bat, and the ball goes soaring. Going, going, going, gone! The crowd goes wild! You just hit a first pitch home run of a World Series. It Seems like an unreal dream, doesn't it? Well this was a reality for the legendary man known as Yogi Berra. This paper will uncover the life of Yogi Berra; covering his birth and childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, his early days that lead to his fame, his main years, his years after retirement, and the legacy he left. Now, let's go back to St. Louis, Missouri 1925, where this story begins.
On May 12th 1925 a yet-to-be legend was brought into the world by Pietro and
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His first season he barely saw the field, only playing seven games; from then on he was playing day in, and day out. Overall Yogi had played 100 games in 14 seasons in his major league career. Being in major leagues is already a huge accomplishment itself, but Yogi also set plenty of records. For one, he one ten World Series champion (he had one ring for each finger!). Yogi was the most valuable player for the Yankees 3 times, in 1951, 1954, and 1955. Yogi was also known for being a great hitter. He tallied up a total of 1430 runs batted in, and 358 home runs. Some people say that he was able to hear how fast the pitch was, because he could hit almost any fast ball. Though he was a good hitter, Yogi was an even better catcher. He holds the record for greatest number of games caught in the American League. During this time Yogi had the greatest home run by marring his wife, Carmen, in 1949. Together Yogi and Carmen had 3 sons, Dale, Tim, and Larry. After the World Series in 1963, Yogi went on to coach and manage other teams. These teams included the Yankees, and the Yankees rival; the New York Mets. He later fully retires from ball in …show more content…
It might be by his saying called, “Yogi-isms”, or by his talented way of ball, no matter what the world will forever be affected by the Yogi Berra. Some of his most famous Yogi-ism was, “You can observe a lot by just watching” (yogi-berra.com). Yogi was also the only baseball player to have a cartoon named after him, Yogi Bear. The creator of Yogi Bear, Hanna-Barbera, denies that she named the cartoon after the legendary baseball player, but all sources say that she was just trying to hide from a lawsuit by doing that. He will always be one of the greatest players to walk earth.
Now, you have traveled around the bases of the legendary life of Yogi Berra.
From the first inning of his life in 1925, to the final inning in 2015, and his accomplishments in between are what made him stand out; his education, the uneasy road to fame, his days in the navy, his years in the major-league, and his accomplishments. I learned that, though he is misunderstood, Yogi was an amazing player who lived a beautiful life. Jerry Coleman once said, "What you have to do when you think about Yogi is think about where he started and where he ended" (Berra

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