Posted on 05/13/2015 8:43:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Yogi Berra may not be uttering his famous “Yogi-isms” anymore, but the Yankee icon summed up this day best years ago when he said, “I want to thank you for making this day necessary.”
Lawrence Peter Berra, best known as Yogi — or Yog by his close friends — celebrated his 90th birthday on Tuesday at the New Jersey museum that bears his name, surrounded by close family and such New York baseball luminaries as Joe Torre, Ralph Branca, Willie Randolph and Mickey Rivers, to name a few. And he even received a call from former mayor Rudy Giuliani wishing him a happy birthday.
Speaking for her famous grandfather, Lindsay Berra spoke about how welcome this day was after a difficult 2014 that saw the death of Yogi’s wife of 65 years, Carmen, and the theft of his championship rings and his three MVP plaques from the museum.
He’s 90 so he doesn't get to a lot of parties,” said his granddaughter Lindsay Berra. "So he’s excited to be here and have his cake and see all his friends. It’s all coming back to him in his face.
“He loves being (at the museum). Sometimes he asks if he can sleep here.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
He did. :)
Berra served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, where he served as a gunner’s mate on the USS Bayfield during the D-Day invasion of France.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/klapisch-beloved-yankee-yogi-berra-deserves-national-honor-1.1332386
RE: Berra served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, where he served as a gunner’s mate on the USS Bayfield during the D-Day invasion of France.
That is why it is very difficult to compare the number of homers made by modern day players and the homers made by players during the war.
Joe DiMaggio served in the military for 2 years 1943-1945. Before that, he was already a star player with a MLB record-breaking 56-game hitting streak in 1941.
Who knows how many more hits he would have had if he continued playing during those two years?
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