The Yogi Book - by Yogi Berra (Paperback)

About the Book

Just in time for Father's Day--a paperback edition of the national bestseller that has baseball fans everywhere saying "It ain't over 'til it's over." All the sayings of America's most beloved sports figure are included. Photos.

Book Synopsis

Celebrate one of the greatest and most beloved baseball players who ever lived--and certainly the most quoted. The Yogi Book is the New York Times 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.

Yogi Berra's gift for saying the smartest things in the funniest, most memorable ways has made him a legend. The Yogi Book 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.

From the Back Cover

The beloved philosopher Yogi Berra has a gift for saying the smartest things in the funniest ways. His off-the-cuff wisdom is the stuff of legend--surprising, immediate, profound, and endlessly quotable.

Why never to give up: "It ain't over till it's over."

Advice on finding your way: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

The mind-body problem: "You can't think and hit at the same time."

Gathered together by the man himself, The Yogi Book is the definitive collection of Yogi-isms. It includes appreciations from some of Yogi's biggest fans, and a time line of his unparalleled career, from days playing sandlot ball on "the Hill" in St. Louis to his milestones as a Yankee catcher--ten World Championships, three-time American League MVP, 15 All-Star Games, instant Hall of Famer--to his life as a manager, family man, and all-around sage.