Yogi Berra and the Baseball Season of 1949

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Although Berra was disliked for his looks, Casey Stengel struck gold when he turned Berra into a catcher and revolutionized the position. Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Tufts University Professor and author of
Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat: New York's Big Three and Great Yankee Dynasty of 1949-1953, Sol Gittleman, in this episode of The Massachusetts School of Law's Books of our Time.

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Category:

Sports

Tags:

• baseball
• yankees
• world
• series
• 1949
• 1953
• joe
• dimaggio
• yogi
• berra
• racisim

[curtisjones400]

Yogi Berra was onced asked about the very high salaries baseball players make today -He was asked if he was upset that he did not make the million dollar salareis that these guy make today? Yogi Berra said "Hell I loved baseball so much i would have played for free" ----Gotta love this guy

[fek2000]

Some of what was said here was definitely true then, but look at Yogi-and us-now. He is beloved. He is one of the greatest players of all time with his own placque in the Hall of Fame. He won 3 Most Valuable Player Awards, a feat matched by only a handful of ballplayers ever. And in the time since his playing days ended, he has endeared himself to young and old. He is the consumate hero who few would ever imagined would ever become a hero. He is our treasure. He is our Yogi. God bless him

[bogglerful]

Huh? Yogi was (is) much better looking than DiMaggio - and better looking than the guy doing the talking in this video.... So what the.... ?

[Aldebaron9]

Stupid ass humans with their stupid ass race baby shit. WE ARE ALL HUMANS ON THIS STUPID LITTLE BLUE PLANET........ you can't figure that out, you are just an dumb assed animal.

[audiophile55]

I agree. In the late 70's, I read two bio's on Yogi, and, back when he was playing ball, people made such a big deal out of his 5 feet 8 frame, and what they said was "ugly looks". Yogi became a hero of mine, and gave me a whole new outlook on life. I never thought he was "ugly". I think he is one of the coolest looking people on this planet, and, he set such an example for kids back then, by taking it on the chin and never letting it hurt him or his ambitions.

[Yankees08Berra]

You people are retarted yogi looks just great look at both of u your the ones that need the face transplant..idiots