Favorite "Yogisms"

[Steffo]

What are your favorite "Yogisms".

I like some like "I take a 2 hour nap from 1-4" or "If you come to a fork in the road, take it".
What are your favorite "yogisms".


The Dodgers Fan

[rudy]

i always like the one about "nobody going to that place anymore because it's too crowded."

its so true. i specifically avoid places these days when it is too crowded. i would go, but i would hate to wait in line to get a drink when i can just go next door....

[erictelevision]

"It gets late early out there."

[ed reulbach]

Q: "Yogi, what time is it?"
A: "You mean now?"

According to Jim Bouton (in I Managed Good, But Boy, Did They Play Bad, an anthology he co-edited with Neil Offen), this is one of the true ones--worth pointing out because, as Yogi put it, "I didn't say everything I said."

A less-often quoted Yogism is: "If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be." Not humorous, but profound--and I don't think any philosopher or theologian has ever put it better.

[bluezebra]

"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

"Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical."

"Bill Dickey is learning me his experience."

"He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."

"How can a you hit and think at the same time?"

I don't know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads

"It's like deja vu all over again."

"So I'm ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face."

"The game's isn't over until it's over."

"You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours."

Bob

[BASEBALL_TRIVIA_NUT]

>What are your favorite "Yogisms".
>
>I like some like "I take a 2 hour nap from 1-4" or "If you
>come to a fork in the road, take it".
>What are your favorite "yogisms".
>
>
>The Dodgers Fan

BASEBALL_TRIVIA_NUT

An earlier reply cites my favorite:

It ain't over until it's over!

Yogi is as lucky as Confucius is - comics think
of great lines and attribute the lines to either one!

[gophills619]

Somebody called Yogi on the phone really late at night and apologized for calling so late. Yogi said, "that's okay. I had to get up anyway to answer the phone.

Another one of my favorites is when Yogi heard that a women had been elected mayor of an Irish city (Dublin?) and he said, "only in America."

Also, when he was about to say a speech in New York, the mayor's wife said that he looked very relaxed and cool. He responded, "you don't look so hot yourself."

[trosmok]

After being beaned, Yogi was taken to the Hospital and released, commenting "They thoroughly examined my head, and they didn't find anything."

[VELCROHIDE]

That AFLAC commercial is a ROAR!

[bly11]

Indeed! "... And they give you cash, which is just as good as money ..." I felt sorry for that duck.

One that hasn't been mentioned: when some of his teammates asked Yog if he wanted to go see a stag movie, he said, "sure, who's starring in it?" (A friend had to explain this one to me. I guess I don't get out much.)

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[erictelevision]

I've heard that attributed to Dizzy Dean.

[rudy]

apparently i dont get out much either.

i dont understand it...care to explain?

[LightSpeedOO7]

"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because im not hungry enough to eat six"

good ol Yogi

[bly11]

Apparently "stag films" were pre-1970 X-rated movies, which had anonymous casts (to make it harder to prosecute the actors under the obscenity laws of the time). At least that's what I was told.

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(and kind of sorry I asked ...)

[ed reulbach]

This reminded me of the time Yogi was invited out to a Steve McQueen movie, which caused him to remark: "Oh, he must have made that movie before he died."

"ed"

[brihev]

"Everybody calls me Yogi. If I walked down the street and somebody yelled 'Hey Larry' i know I wouldn't turn around."

[bly11]

"Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting."

Advising another player in a slump: "Swing at the strikes."

Calling a teammate after purchasing a piano: "Come over here and show me how to work this thing!"

As manager, when asked if he had any new plans for the 1964 World Series: "It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays."

On Little League: "I think it's wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house."

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[ed reulbach]

The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center is in Little Falls, NJ. Their statement on hours: "We're open until we close."

[bly11]

I'm picking up a friend at the airport tonight - he's coming back from visiting his girlfriend in Dayton, NJ. I told him that she was probably the only reason someone would visit New Jersey ... but I had forgotten about the Berra Museum at Montclair State! So that makes two ... ;-)

Further Yogisms:

After striking out on three bad pitches: "How can a pitcher that wild stay in the league?"

During a meeting before the 1956 All-Star Game, when the AL players were trying to decide how to pitch to Stan Musial, Berra's response was, "You guys are trying to stop Musial in 15 minutes when the National ain't stopped him in 15 years."

On being Warren Spahn's teammate on the 1965 Mets: "I don't know if we're the oldest battery, but we're certainly the ugliest."

After Johnny Bench broke his record for most home runs by a catcher, career: "Congratulations on breaking my record last night. I always thought the record would stand until it was broken."

When asked why the Yankees lost the 1960 World Series: "We made too many wrong mistakes."

"I'd rather be the Yankees catcher than the President, and that makes me pretty lucky, I guess, because I could never be the President."

"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there." (Sage advice, if you think about it ...)

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[Hank Parks]

They Yell at Yogi from the dugout when he was manager of the Yankees in 1964........Hey Yogi.your wife won't be home. She went to see Dr Zhivago......Yogi yells..........Now what the hell is wrong with her

[Old Sweater]

I've heard that attributed to Dizzy Dean.

Yeah, he went into 2nd standing up and got nailed by the 2nd basemans throw to 1st on a DP.

[Mariano_Rivera]

"Nobody goes there anymore, they're to crowded"

or maybe

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it"

[rugbyfreak]

This is a little off the path from the funny, twisted witticisms Yogi is known for, but I have to include it. He loved Mickey and Whitey, but they ran a little fast for him. When asked for the millionth time one night at around 11 pm by Whitey (who was not pitching the next day) and Mick (who seemingly could function only if he stayed out) why he was turning in early, he said, "Well, as you know, guys, I have to catch tomorrow."

freak

[George Vedros]

Yogi roomed with Bobby Brown, who was in the process of studying to be a MD. One evening while in their hotel room Yogi was reading a comic book and Bobby was studying a text book for Tulane Medical School. Upon finishing and getting ready to go out to dinner, Yogi said: "How did yours end, mine was pretty good.?"