When Mel came up in 1964 in the middle of the season, I was his pitching coach, but I was also pitching every fourth day besides. Yogi Berra was our manager. That's why it was all screwed up.
Quotes about berra (8 Quotes)
Conversation of the day Yogi Berra with Hideki Matsui - without a translator. It was in Japanese, always Japanese, ... Yogi just likes to joke around with me.
You never know, ... You stay with it until the end. It's like Yogi Berra said, it ain't over until it's over and the fat lady sings.
Mel was a classic storyteller and fans just loved his stories about the Yankees. Mel made players like Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and those great Yankee teams seem larger than life. He became just as famous in New York as any player, ... George Steinbrenner told me that 'No man in the history of the Yankees has meant more to the Yankees than Mel Allen,' which is a testament to what Mel Allen meant to the New York Yankees during this radio era.
I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'
It looked like to the organization that he wasn't progressing. But in 2004 he blossomed. With him it was a mechanical adjustment that one of his pitching coaches made with him. After that he had more success. Yogi Berra said 50 percent of baseball is 90 percent psychological.
They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?
I just said it's not over 'til it's over - that old Yogi (Berra) thing, tried to make a joke of it,