YANKEELAND STAND UP! Yankees Baseball Legend Yogi Berra Dead At 90
The Hall-of-Fame catcher played on 10 World Series championship teams.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra, a three-time MVP and member of 10 World Series championship teams as a player, died on Tuesday night, his museum announced. He was 90
Berra died 69 years to the day of his Major League debut on Sept. 22 1946, when he also hit the first of his 358 career home runs.
He was considered one of the greatest players of all time on the field, and one of the sport's most colorful and quotable characters off of it. Called "Yogi-isms," they include phrases that remain common in popular culture, including "It ain't over 'til it's over" and "It's deja vu all over again."
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Yogi Berra passed away Tuesday night at the age of 90. #YogiBerra pic.twitter.com/0BSctBzhTb
— Yogi Berra Museum (@Yogi_Museum) September 23, 2015
Born Lawrence Peter Berra in St. Louis, Berra served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and took part in the D-Day invasion at Normandy on June 6, 1944.
He signed with the Yankees in 1946, playing most of the season with the minor-league Newark Bears before joining the Major League club near the end of the season.
Berra would go on to have an unparalleled career, becoming one of the most accomplished catchers ever to play the game, and in the opinion of many, the best to ever play in the position.
"Yogi was the greatest catcher who ever lived," baseball stats guru Bill James told the Wall Street Journal in 2011. "I have no doubt of this, honestly."
R.I.P Mr Berra and THANK YOU!
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