Louis, his wife and children following him there soon after. Once settled, Pietro and Paolina had three more children, Yogi second among them. Yogi often described The Hill as an ideal place to grow up. Like many other immigrant neighborhoods in the United States, The Hill was a tight-knit community where neighbors knew neighbors and extended families remained connected despite the upheavals of immigration.
If life there could be hard, Yogi nonetheless remembered his childhood as a happy time, punctuated by play. A neighbor across the street, future Major Leaguer Joe Garagiola, became a lifelong friend. That was the day a young Italian-American man living in St. Louis by the name of Lawrence Peter Berra became, once and forever, Yogi.
After leaving school in eighth grade, he graduated to American Legion baseball for to year-olds , showing himself to have the kind of talent his three older brothers had already demonstrated. But baseball regularly interfered with the work. Louis Cardinals. Rickey had his own plans to move to Brooklyn, and wanted to save Yogi for the Dodgers. Unfortunately for Rickey, the plan failed. Yogi accepted. At eighteen he joined the Navy. He would see France, Italy and North Africa through the lens of war.
Though the war put Yogi many miles from the ballparks back home, he did play some wartime baseball, if never as much as he hoped. After an honorary discharge in , the game would be on again. The Berra family sit down for a meal together in St.
Soccer 6hr ago Peru vs. NFL 7hr ago Baltimore Ravens vs. NFL 7hr ago Ravens vs. Error Please enter an email address. Success Thanks for signing up. Please check your email for a confirmation. Error Something went wrong. Berra was also not above trying to psych out the other team; according to his website, he talked to the batters, including Hank Aaron , to distract them. Berra appeared in his final game for the Yankees in In all, he played in 18 All-Star Games and helped the Yankees reach the World Series 14 times, winning a remarkable 10 championships.
Regarded as one of the best catchers in history, he was elected to the Hall of Fame in Berra was named manager of the Yankees shortly after the season ended. However, despite leading the team to the World Series, he was fired after only one season, and he quickly moved on to the New York Mets.
Berra returned to the field to play in four games in , but otherwise served as a coach. He took over as manager in and guided the Mets to the World Series the following year, but was let go before the end of the season.
Berra rejoined the Yankees as a coach in In , he was promoted to manager to replace the controversial Billy Martin, but was fired shortly after the start of the season by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner; the move infuriated Berra, who refused to return to Yankee Stadium for another 14 years. Berra then joined the Houston Astros, wrapping up his coaching career in In his later years, Berra served as a well-loved baseball ambassador and devoted himself to philanthropic pursuits.
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