October 3, 2013
“You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.”
Lawrence Peter Berra (1925- )
Yogi Berra was one of the greatest catchers of all time, even if he was a Yankee. The three-time MVP appeared in the World Series as a player, coach, or manager 21 times, and managed World Series winners in both leagues. At the plate he was a fine clutch hitter, in five seasons he had more home runs than strikeouts. He was an All-Star fifteen times and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972. Because of his extraordinary gift for malapropism and tautology with a thought-provoking twist, he is often the target of misattribution, which prompted his 1998 book, I Didn’t Really Say Everything I Said. One of my other favorite Yogi-isms, said of a restaurant he liked, “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.”
Good Morning Gloucester 
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Yogi Berra was behind the plate when my parents took my sister (Painter Barb) and I to Yankee Stadium for my birthdays. He was one of my heroes, along with Mickey Mantle, Roger Marris, short stop Phil Ruzzutto (the scooter), and Moose Skowron at first base. I have a baseball with all of their signatures.
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Excellent information history here Fred- I have a retired cop buddy in Indiana still teaches at the academy and he has a whole room dedicated to NY Yankee’s…Fred Do you know if a JASON POLISSON (RHUMBOOGIE) still fishing out of Pigeon Cove? I knew him in the 60’s when he was lobstering out of lanes cove matter fact went out with him and pulled traps a few times (we all hung around together swimmed the quarries and cove his arm had the bow from when he broke it. He was a couple of years older than me…
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I have seen the RhumbBoogie tied up in Pigeon Cove. I think it’s still there.
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Thanks Fred I will try to get in contact with him been a long time since 1968…But lot’s of memories! 🙂
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I believe it was Mr. Berra who said: “When you come to the fork in the road, take it.” Genius.
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I love Yogi! “If you don’t know where you’re going you won’t get there.”
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