The Yogi Book

The Yogi Book

• Used Book in Good Condition

<DIV>Celebrate one of the greatest and most beloved baseball players who ever lived-and certainly the most quoted. <I>The Yogi Book</I> is the <I>New York Times</I> bestseller filled with Yogi Berra's immortal sayings, plus photographs, a career timeline, and appreciations by some of his greatest fans, including Billy Crystal and Tim McCarver.<BR /><BR /> Yogi Berra's gift for saying the smartest things in the funniest, most memorable ways has made him a legend. <I>The Yogi Book</I> brings all of his famous quotes together in one place-and even better, gives the story behind them. "It ain't over till it's over."-that's Yogi's answer to a reporter when he was managing the Mets in July 1973, and they were nine games out of first place (not only quotable, but prophetic-they won the pennant). "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."-Yogi's comment to Stan Musial and Joe Garagiola about Ruggeri's restaurant in St. Louis in 1959. "It gets late early out there."-Yogi describing how shadows crept across Yankee Stadium's left field during late autumn afternoons.<BR />  </DIV>