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Auggie

(31,764 posts)
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 07:23 PM Jun 2021

'Yogi Berra Forever': Postage stamp released

It was a family affair for Yogi Berra's family at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J. The United States Postal Service put Yogi’s likeness on a stamp, and it was released to the public on Thursday morning. A small ceremony commemorating the stamp was hosted by broadcaster Bob Costas.

The stamp has a smiling Berra in his Yankees uniform and the words, “Yogi Berra Forever.” No doubt, smiles on the faces of Berra’s family told the story.

“He got his fame from the Yankees, but he took that fame and used it in respectable ways to earn the respect of just about everybody he ever met,” said Larry Berra, Yogi’s oldest son.



LINK: https://www.mlb.com/news/yogi-berra-postage-stamp-unveiling

Yay Yogi!

Why do they have to ruin a good think by inviting Bob Costas, the boil that won't go away? Costas: sanctimonious, plagiarizing, phony, attention-seeking narcissist and annoying-as-hell washed-up B-list nobody.

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'Yogi Berra Forever': Postage stamp released (Original Post) Auggie Jun 2021 OP
Not "Yogi Berra Forevah?" vanlassie Jun 2021 #1
Lol! Drum Jun 2021 #3
Yayayayay! Drum Jun 2021 #2
Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowed with Coatas' ego. brush Jun 2021 #4
+1,000,000 Auggie Jun 2021 #6
Still my favorite Yogi quote. because it's true: House of Roberts Jun 2021 #5
Yea Yogi! Twoflower Jun 2021 #7
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious. Brother Buzz Jun 2021 #8
My two favorite Yogi-isms Lord Ludd Jun 2021 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Brother Buzz Feb 2023 #11
I met him at a baseball card show. I had a table next to where he was selling autographs. 3Hotdogs Jun 2021 #10

House of Roberts

(5,660 posts)
5. Still my favorite Yogi quote. because it's true:
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 07:42 PM
Jun 2021

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

Response to Lord Ludd (Reply #9)

3Hotdogs

(13,315 posts)
10. I met him at a baseball card show. I had a table next to where he was selling autographs.
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 10:25 PM
Jun 2021

What stood out to me, there was a line of people waiting for signatures. A guy with a child reached the front of the line. The girl was maybe 3 years old. Yogi left his seat and walked to the front of the table to engage with the girl for a couple of minutes.

It looked like, for Yogi, there was nothing else in that room but the child. It struck me because my father was like that with little kids.

The father then got what must be the favorite photo in his point-and-shoot collection. Yogi bending down to talk to that little girl.

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