Yogi Berra at 90: The life and times of a Yankees icon

May 12, 2015 1085

by Josh Peter

Yogi Berra turns 90 on Tuesday, and for readers there is a gift: rarely heard "Yogi-isms," the inimitable quotations that turned Berra, a Hall of Fame catcher for the New York Yankees, into an American icon.

Millions of people know the most famous ones: "It ain't over 'til it's over." "It's déjà vu all over again." And, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." But few outside Berra's family and friends have heard the one about the water sprinklers, or the 4-foot putt, or the essence of Yogi-isms.

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