My favorite New York Yankee and source of koan wisdom has died at 90.
I'm convinced that when God broke Lawrence Peter Berra's mold, He felt more than a twinge of sadness.
My two favorite Yogisms:
"If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?"
and
"The future ain't what it used to be."
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The interior of Saint Paul Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Harissa, Lebanon. I have decided to set up a Substack exploring Eastern Christi...
If you don't go to other people's funerals, they won't come to yours.
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A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
RIP Yogi.
Yeah, those are good, too.
ReplyDeleteThe one Yogism that just seemed to be straight commentary was his statement about Sandy Koufax: how did Koufax lose five games that year?
When his son was asked if he and his father were alike, the son replied: "Our similarities are different," thus giving the most absolute proof of paternity in history.
ReplyDeleteYogi was one of ours and we were proud of him even though he found a job out of town. I imagine they knocked back more than a few grappas to him on The Hill
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