Its Over

[Fred588]

Yogi Berra, who said "It Ain't Over Till Its Over," among many other things, died yesterday at 90.

[PM2K]

Another original lost.

"When you come to a fork in the road... take it!"

[DJlurker]

A true legend. May he rest in peace.

[Duncan Edwards]

He said you should always go to other peoples funerals or they won't come to yours. Baseball philosopher poet. Less well known was that he was a 19 year old Navy gunner on a rocket barge at D-Day. He was out of baseball for three years serving the free world. Another of the greatest generation that will be remembered.

"It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings" - Yogi after having been exposed to opera.

[Lomax]

My knowledge of baseball is confined to the phrase "Who's on first, what's on second, I don't know's on third." There have been exactly three baseball players whose fame and/or personality was so great that they have penetrated even my indifference to the sport - Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio (and that's only because he's mentioned in Mrs Robinson...) and Yogi Berra. I really hope it's true that when gathering his team for a group photo, he told them to "Line up alphabetically by height."

Yogi Berra also made the obituary page of the Daily Telegraph - my newspaper of choice across the pond. To be sure, it was peppered with parenthetical explanations. For example: I now know (but will probably forget) what a pinch-hitter is, and that a batting average over .300 is considered exceptional.

I also learn that his real name was Lawrence. I always thought Yogi Bear was named after him - was it in fact the other way round?

[Fred588]

My knowledge of baseball is confined to the phrase "Who's on first, what's on second, I don't know's on third." There have been exactly three baseball players whose fame and/or personality was so great that they have penetrated even my indifference to the sport - Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio (and that's only because he's mentioned in Mrs Robinson...) and Yogi Berra. I really hope it's true that when gathering his team for a group photo, he told them to "Line up alphabetically by height."

Yogi Berra also made the obituary page of the Daily Telegraph - my newspaper of choice across the pond. To be sure, it was peppered with parenthetical explanations. For example: I now know (but will probably forget) what a pinch-hitter is, and that a batting average over .300 is considered exceptional.

I also learn that his real name was Lawrence. I always thought Yogi Bear was named after him - was it in fact the other way round?

I believe that quote is actually Casey Stengel. Yogi was Casey's protogee and both were masters of convoluted speech.