Carlo DeVito's interview on John Vorperian's "Beyond the Game" aired twice in the last week of February. The showed aired Tuesday, February 26, 2008, and re-aired on Friday, February 29, 2008.
(photo: Warner Wolff and John Vorperian)
Thanks John!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Yogi Berra Holds Forth in Tampa at Spring Training
Kat O'Brien
excerpted from the Stamford Advocate
March 3, 2008
Yogi Berra held court in the clubhouse, sharing stories of his playing days and much more. Berra, 82 and the proud owner of 10 World Series rings, is a staple at Yankees camp. Berra has taken a special interest in Melky Cabrera and talked with him for some time at the batting cage.
"He's a good player, a good kid," Berra said. "I like to have fun with them."
Cabrera listened closely, saying: "He always talks to me. It's great to have someone like him who played so many years in the big leagues and with the Yankees talk to me. He tells me to keep working hard, that I can play a lot of years in the big leagues because I'm young and he's old."
YOGI In Stores
Here's a photo of YOGI available in the Borders at Crossgates Mall, in Albany, New York
Sunday, March 2, 2008
New York Times' Tyler Kepner Writes About Yogi at Spring Training
February 28, 2008, 11:08 pm
The Greatest Living Yankee, Right Across the Hall
By Tyler Kepner
So I was coming back to my hotel room early this evening, and who’s in the lobby but the great Yogi Berra? He said he was just coming in from a round of golf. Turns out he’s in the room right across the hall. There’s just something neat about that. The greatest living Yankee is sleeping just a few feet away. Sounds like the start of a novel.
Yogi is a real treat to have around. I find it charming that he relies on Ron Guidry, a Yankee great in his own right, to take care of his spring training needs. Guidry, the former pitching coach who is back as a spring instructor, picks Yogi up at the airport and takes him wherever he wants to go.
Read the entire article at: http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/the-greatest-living-yankee-right-across-the-hall/
The Greatest Living Yankee, Right Across the Hall
By Tyler Kepner
So I was coming back to my hotel room early this evening, and who’s in the lobby but the great Yogi Berra? He said he was just coming in from a round of golf. Turns out he’s in the room right across the hall. There’s just something neat about that. The greatest living Yankee is sleeping just a few feet away. Sounds like the start of a novel.
Yogi is a real treat to have around. I find it charming that he relies on Ron Guidry, a Yankee great in his own right, to take care of his spring training needs. Guidry, the former pitching coach who is back as a spring instructor, picks Yogi up at the airport and takes him wherever he wants to go.
Read the entire article at: http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/the-greatest-living-yankee-right-across-the-hall/
Eli Manning Intercepts Yogi Berra
Eli intercepts Yogi Berra
The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 02/15/2008 09:39:02 AM MST
Super Bowl hero Eli Manning still gets starstruck. When he spotted legendary Yankee Yogi Berra a few tables away at Rao's in New York, Manning made a beeline to the Hall of Famer's table to introduce himself.
The conversation soon turned to Berra's stellar career. "Eli asked Yogi how many championships he'd won," one diner told The New York Post's Braden Keil.
Berra replied, "Ten times." Manning then mused he had just nine more to go. The two were later arm in arm singing along to "New York, New York" on the jukebox.
Read the rest of the article at: http://origin.denverpost.com/celebritybuzz/ci_8271219
The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 02/15/2008 09:39:02 AM MST
Super Bowl hero Eli Manning still gets starstruck. When he spotted legendary Yankee Yogi Berra a few tables away at Rao's in New York, Manning made a beeline to the Hall of Famer's table to introduce himself.
The conversation soon turned to Berra's stellar career. "Eli asked Yogi how many championships he'd won," one diner told The New York Post's Braden Keil.
Berra replied, "Ten times." Manning then mused he had just nine more to go. The two were later arm in arm singing along to "New York, New York" on the jukebox.
Read the rest of the article at: http://origin.denverpost.com/celebritybuzz/ci_8271219
4 Star Rating on Amazon.com
Just recieved a 4-Star rating on Amazon.com
**** RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ANY TRUE BASEBALL FAN WILL ENJOY "YOGI'S" LIFE STORY!", February 29, 2008
By
Rick Goldstein "Rick "Shaq" Goldstein" (Danville, Ca, USA) - See all my reviews ** BASEBALL HALL OF FAME ** 3 MVP AWARDS ** 21 WORLD SERIES (14 AS A PLAYER - 2 AS A MANAGER - 5 AS A COACH) ** 10 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AS A PLAYER - 3 AS A COACH ** 15 ALL STAR GAMES ** 285 LIFETIME AVERAGE ** 358 HOMERUNS ** 1,430 RUNS BATTED IN **
By
Rick Goldstein "Rick "Shaq" Goldstein" (Danville, Ca, USA) - See all my reviews ** BASEBALL HALL OF FAME ** 3 MVP AWARDS ** 21 WORLD SERIES (14 AS A PLAYER - 2 AS A MANAGER - 5 AS A COACH) ** 10 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AS A PLAYER - 3 AS A COACH ** 15 ALL STAR GAMES ** 285 LIFETIME AVERAGE ** 358 HOMERUNS ** 1,430 RUNS BATTED IN **
That is YOGI BERRA!
** "NOBODY GOES THERE ANYMORE; IT'S TOO CROWDED!" ** "IT AIN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER." ** "ALWAYS GO TO OTHER PEOPLE'S FUNERALS; OTHERWISE THEY WON'T COME TO YOURS." ** "BASEBALL IS 90 PERCENT MENTAL THE OTHER HALF IS PHYSICAL." This also is YOGI BERRA!
I am not a Yankee fan, but I am an "old-school" baseball fanatic. And any true "die-in-the-wool" baseball fan will enjoy this detailed recollection of when baseball truly was the "National Pastime". This biography covers Yogi and his family's life from the time his Italian parents landed on Ellis Island. It chronicles his growing up in a mostly Italian American neighborhood up on "The Hill" in St. Louis, where one of his best friends was a mediocre future Major Leaguer, who would hit it big in radio and TV Joe Garagiola. Joe's future success was neatly packaged around stories of his youthful days with Yogi on "The Hill". Yogi's Father Pietro was hard working, loving and a stern disciplinarian in the house. He thought playing baseball was a waste of time, and of course no way to make a living. Yogi's three older brothers, Anthony, Mike, and John, were all good baseball players and had been offered tryouts and contracts with professional teams. But Pietro would not hear of it and did not allow it. When Yogi was in the eighth grade he had no use for school and wanted to quit school and go after his dream of playing Major League baseball. Though Yogi feared his Father's wrath he confronted him with his desire and dream. It became a family war that eventually even included the family's priest. Pietro finally relented as long as Yogi got a regular job to contribute to the family's livelihood while he tried to get a baseball contract. Yogi sold newspapers, where his favorite customer was his baseball idol (And my mother's favorite player.) Joe "Ducky" Medwick. He also had a few factory jobs. Then he was signed by the New York Yankees, and the rest as they say is history. When he reached the big leagues, Joe DiMaggio was the undisputed leader of the team but within a few years as Joe's career came to an end the Yankee torch was passed from Joe to Yogi. A lot of baseball revisionists say it went from DiMaggio to Mantle but that isn't so. The history of uncrowned Yankee leadership actually went from Ruth to Gehrig to DiMaggio to Berra to Mantle. Yogi not only became known as one of the greatest clutch hitters in history, but he was also one of the greatest "bad ball" hitters in history, so it was extremely tough to pitch to him in crucial situations. His ten world championship rings as a player is unmatched in the annals of baseball history. One extremely sad part of this story is all the abuse Yogi took because of his looks and "supposed" lack of intellect. Yet he is probably the most successful Yankee in history after his playing days. This story also conjures up many of the old fan rivalries of the 40's and 50's between the Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers. Since the Dodgers and Yankees played each other seven times in the World Series during this period there is a lot of information about Yogi's competition with Roy Campanella, another catcher with 3 MVP's right across town in Brooklyn, and some wonderful quotes by Jackie Robinson as to Yogi's greatness. This story covers it all from Casey Stengel to Yogi's refusing to return to Yankee stadium for fourteen years after his firing by George Steinbrenner. Yogi was one hell of a ballplayer and reading about it was "LIKE DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN!"
Yogi: The Life and Times of An American Original Hits Stores
The book is starting to hit stores, although the laydown is not yet complete. Here's a shot from the 86th and Lexington Avenue Barnes & Noble. The book is/will be available wherever books are sold.
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