When Grampa Yogi passed, Vin Scully said, "As long as people talk about the game, whenever they mention Yogi Berra, they will smile because he was that kind of a human being." Well, back at ya, Vince. You made baseball hearts smile for over 7 decades. Thank you.
#RIPVinScully
Grampa Yogi passed seven years ago today, and it has been 38 years since this pic was taken at Yankee Stadium. But I am still - and ever will be - this little kid, loving him as hard as I can.
#grandfathers
#love
#Yankees
#luckykid
Before Grampa Yogi ever wore
#Yankees
pinstripes, he wore
#USNavy
blue. Arguably the most important team he was ever on was the crew of his 36-foot rocket boat (LCSS), dropped into the rough waters off Omaha Beach to provide cover fire for our troops going ashore.
#DDay
#DDay79
Grampa said, "It's deja vu all over again," and nothing represents that more than a birthday. On what would have been Grampa's 96th, here's a cute pic of us from 1991, when he was a youngster of 66 and I was just 14. Happy, Happy Birthday, Gramp! Miss you tons. ♥️⚾️🎂🎈
#Yankees
On June 6th, 1944, Seaman 2nd Class Lawrence P. Berra was in a 36-ft
#USNavy
LCSS off of Omaha Beach with orders to shoot anything that came below the clouds. “Eisenhower told us to go, so we went,” Grampa said. And that was that, for so many men.
#NeverForget
#DDay80
#Yankees
It has been six years since Grampa Yogi passed away, but I still feel him around me as assuredly as 6-year-old me did in the midst of this hug over the dugout wall in the summer of 1984. It certainly ain’t over yet! ❤⚾️❤
#Yankees
#MLB
#ItAintOver
#Great8
Gramp said, "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." But for a moment in the 1956
#WorldSeries
, this duo was perfect. Their lifelong friendship was perfect. RIP, Don, and love to all the Larsens.
#Yankees
#RIPDonLarsen
No doubt Grampa is super proud of this young kid who now wears his No. 8! Congrats to Don Mattingly on being named NL Manager of the Year!
#MOTY
+
#MVP
is pretty cool!
#Marlins
#Yankees
#MLB
#OTD
74 years ago, Grampa made his
#Yankees
debut with a home run over the right field wall for his first
#MLB
hit. OTD 5 years ago, he followed it over the great outfield wall in the sky. He was the best on the field and an even better man, and I was one lucky kid! ♥️⚾️♥️⚾️♥️
As Grampa Yogi said, "A home opener is always exciting, no matter if it's home or on the road." Happy
#OpeningDay
, everyone! Let's play ball!
#Yankees
#MLB
25 years later, this is still mind-blowing. Don Larsen threw out the first pitch to Grampa Yogi, who was wearing Joe Girardi's glove, to commemorate their 1956 World Series Perfect Game. Gramp handed the glove back to Girardi, and David Cone threw a Perfect Game.
#Yankees
🤯
25 Years Ago Today: It's "Yogi Berra Day" at Yankee Stadium! Don Larsen throws out the ceremonial first pitch to Yogi behind the plate! It's the start of a "perfect day"! (July 18, 1999)
#MLB
#Yankees
#Baseball
#History
As Grampa Yogi would have said, "I knew that record would stand until it was broken." I know he's upstairs, clapping alongside his buddy Roger. Huge congrats to
@TheJudge44
! Bravo!
#Yankees
#AllRise
On September 22nd, 1946, 21-year-old Grampa Yogi homered in his
#Yankees
debut. On September 22nd, 2015, he passed at age 90. But it'll never be over. 🙏⚾️❤️
#ItAintOver
#OTD
Love this shot of Grampa Yogi, tagging Ted Williams out at home plate in 1951. Gramp hasn't even hit the ground yet and he's already looking to make another play behind this one. If you haven't seen it, this pic is featured in
@itaintoverdoc
!
#MLB
#Yankees
#RedSox
#ItAintOver
Grampa Yogi said about Grammy Carmen, "We have a good time together, even when we're not together." But I know they're together now, on what would have been their 75th wedding anniversary. I miss them tons, but I know this love story continues! 1.26.49 🙏⚾️❤️
#yankees
#itaintover
Love this pic of Grampa and his pal Joe Garagiola selling
#Christmas
trees in a lot on the The Hill in St. Louis, back when
#MLB
players had to have jobs in the offseason. Happy Holidays, everyone!
#Yankees
#STLCards
🎄🕎🎁❄️🎅
Yesterday, the town of Cuggiono in Italy unveiled this amazing mural to honor Grampa Yogi, Joe Garagiola, Frank Crespi and Jim Pisoni, four men whose families left the Cuggiono area and settled on the Hill in St. Louis, who all made it to
#MLB
. Pretty cool! 🇮🇹⚾️🙏❤️
#ItAintOver
Because life is so much easier with a sense of humor, I give you my new 2020
#Christmas
ornament and fun Saturday afternoon craft project. 😆🎄🎅😷
#Covid_19
Grampa won 10
#WorldSeries
rings, but this one from 1953 - when the
#Yankees
won their 5th in a row - was the one he proudly wore for the rest of his life, on his right pinky; see how worn it is? As
#RaysUp
&
#Dodgers
square off in Game 1 tonight, remember
#ThisIsWhatYouPlayFor
!
Roberto Clemente died nearly five years before I was born but dad and Grampa Yogi talked with such reverence about his arm that I always knew you don't run on Roberto!
Nearly 60 years later, when my aging Gramp heard
@RealMichaelKay
say the GMs had approved instant replay for use in games, he asked me to explain. I did, and his immediate response was, "So you mean Jackie would have been out???"
#Yankees
#Dodgers
#MLB
The special bond between these two extended between all the Berras and Fords. My heart breaks for all of them today, but you have to smile thinking of this
#Yankees
battery reunited today on the great ballpark in the sky.
#ripwhiteyford
⚾️❤⚾️❤
Happy Birthday to The Babe! I thought this pic was from Babe Ruth Day on April 27, 1947 at
#Yankees
Stadium but Gramp has no pinstripes, so now I think it's June 19, 1948 in St. Louis. Thoughts?
#SharpDressedMan
#WingTips
#MLB
Grampa Yogi's 10 World Series championships as a player, his 71 World Series hits, and 12 Ks in 656 plate appearances in 1951. Also, he caught both ends of 117 double headers. I physical challenge an
#MLB
catcher to just try that once and play the next day!
#Yankees
Happy 95th bday to my amazing Grampa! He's still hitting walk-off homers in
#MLB
sim games, his Yogisms are prolific & his story & values are reaching a new generation thru
@YogiBerraMuseum
. Gramp, you're everywhere! But mostly, you're in our hearts.
#ItAintOver
#Yankees
⚾️❤️🎂
Wishing a very happy 90th birthday to Willie Mays!!! Here are Willie and Grampa in 1972 with the
#Mets
, sharing a cake for their bdays, which are 6 days apart.
#SayHey90
#SFGiants
🎂⚾️🎈
Here's my annual
#MLB
#SpringTraining
share of this awesome photo of Gramp showing boxer Rocky Marciano the ropes at
#Yankees
camp in 1957. Little-known fact: Gramp was an undefeated boxer in the Navy!
While
#Yankees
fans hate to think about it, Grampa Yogi spent 11 YEARS with the
#Mets
and it is a part of his career of which he was extremely proud! 🙏⚾️❤️
"When Rizzuto became ill, he was put in assisted living facility, about 30 minutes away from where Yogi lived. Every single day, Berra would drive there & play cards with Phil. When Phil would fall asleep, Yogi would hold his hand, when Phil would go to sleep,Yogi would leave"
In 1979, Grampa Yogi was a
#Yankees
coach. I was not yet 2 years old, but I have a very vivid memory of my mother answering the phone and bursting into tears. She had gotten the call that
#ThurmanMunson
had died. Grampa loved Thurman. All the Berras love him still. 🙏⚾️❤️
I think
#MLB
fans often forget Grampa was with
#Mets
. This great pic of him & Grammy Carmen, cerca 1973, popped up as a memory today. Gram used to say, "We had a lot of fun with the
#Yankees
because we won a lot, but we didn't know what real fun was until we joined the Mets." Ha!
Dr. Bobby Brown was Gramp's roommate w/ the Newark Bears in 1946. They made their
#Yankees
#MLB
debuts together that September. Doc later practiced cardiology for 30 yrs, then was pres of the American League. What a gem of a human and what a full, amazing life! RIP, Dr. Brown.
Sharing again due to recent questions! This is the only existing photo of Grampa Yogi hitting righty, at old Southwest HS in St. Louis. Uncle Tony switched him at age 10 so he'd have a better shot at
#MLB
. That's Joe Garagiola over Gramp's left shoulder w/ the good hair.
#Yankees
Folks often ask why there is no
#Yankees
or
#Mets
logo on Grampa's cap on his
@baseballhall
plaque. As I understand it, Grammy Carmen thought Gramp's ears looked too big in the front view so they did a profile instead, and in a profile, you can't see the logo. And that's it!
On June 6th, 1944, Seaman 2nd Class Lawrence P. Berra was off Omaha Beach in a 36-ft LCSS with orders to shoot anything that came below the clouds. “Eisenhower told us to go, so we went,” Gramp said. And that was that, for so many men.
#NeverForget
.
#DDay75thAnniversary
#Yankees
Official
@itaintoverdoc
poster, dropped today by
@sonyclassics
! Can't wait for everyone to see the film! It will be in theaters in NY and LA on May 12th, Grampa's birthday, with additional releases across the country throughout May and June.
#Yankees
#Mets
#MLB
#OTD
75 years ago, 21-year-old Lawrence Peter Berra hit a home run in his
#MLB
debut with the
#Yankees
against the Philadelphia Athletics. It was certainly a harbinger of things to come! Good on ya, Gramp!
To commemorate
#DDay80
, the students of the Collège Aretha Franklin in Drancy, France researched individual Americans who took part in the invasion. They learned about Grampa Yogi's
#USNavy
service &
#Yankees
career, then honored him on Omaha Beach. What a touching tribute!🙏⚾️♥️
In honor of
#BabeRuthDay
, here's Grampa Yogi and the Babe at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis on June 19, 1948. Note Grampa's road uni: no pinstripes! 🙏⚾️❤️
#Yankees
#MLB
"Eisenhower told us to go, so we went." That was it, for so many men. But unlike so many, Seaman 2nd Class Lawrence P. Berra,
#USNavy
, came home. He had the opportunity to see where life would take him. And I know Gramp never forgot those who didn't.
#DDay77
#Normandy
#Yankees
It has just come to my attention that it is
#NationalPastaDay
! So, enjoy this pic of Gramp taken during a press luncheon on 10/24/63, when he was named
#Yankees
manager. He's digging into some spaghetti here, but FWIW, rigatoni was his favorite! ⚾️🍝⚾️🍝⚾️
#OTD
in 1980,
@Reds
@JohnnyBench_5
breaks Grampa's record with his 314th home run as a catcher. Equally memorable was the telegram Gramp sent Johnny the morning after. "Congratulations. I always thought the record would stand until it was broken."
#Yankees
#Yogisms
#MLB
#Reds
I'd love to know what valuable piece of info Grampa is sharing with legendary knuckleballer and fellow
#HOFer
Phil Niekro in this photo. I hope they're chatting about it tonight! Rest in peace,
#PhilNiekro
, and prayers to the Niekro family.
#Yankees
⚾️❤⚾️❤
Yep, also a true story. Grampa loved Phil like a brother. Phil was my dad's godfather and in this photo, those cigars are in celebration of the birth of my Uncle Tim in September 1951.
#Yankees
#itaintover
"When Phil Rizzuto became ill towards end of his life, he was put in assisted living facility, 30 minutes away from where Yogi lived. Every single day, because teammates were important to him, Yogi would drive there & play cards with Phil. When Phil would start to fall asleep,
Grampa Yogi had deep respect, admiration & affection for Roy Campanella that lasted long after their playing days were over. Here they are in 1951, congratulating each other on their respective
#MVP
awards. Look at those smiles! They were both big kids at heart.
#Yankees
#Dodgers
“There was a mutual respect between the two because they played the same position. Years later, whenever they saw each other, they seemed very close. On the Ed Sullivan Show, my father asked Ed if he could wish Roy Campanella a quick recovery from his accident.”
Larry Berra
"I can see how he won 25 games. What I don't understand is how he lost 5." - Grampa Yogi on his pal Sandy Koufax. Love this pic!
#Yankees
#Dodgers
#MLB
Grampa really loved Tom Seaver and they had a blast with the
#Mets
. So sad to hear of Tom's diagnosis. Our prayers are with him and his family and I hope he finds peace and happiness in the vineyards he so loves.
#tomterrific
Rod shared this pic when my
#Yankees
Grampa passed in 2015. That's the $5 Gramp owed him when the
#NYR
beat the
#Devils
in '94, but their friendship began 3 decades prior, when
#NYC
was a smaller town & they weren't yet
#legends
. They'll be raising a glass tonight.
#RIPRodGilbert
"When Phil Rizzuto became ill, he was put in assisted living facility, about 30 minutes away from where Yogi lived. Every single day, Berra would drive there & play cards with Phil. While Phil would fall asleep, Yogi would hold his hand. When Phil would go to sleep,Yogi would
Always a fun clip to watch! It's such a gift for me to be able to see my young and handsome Grampa on video. Most folks my age don't get that opportunity!
#Yankees
Here's Grampa with a ball representing the number of
#WorldSeries
he won: 10 as a
#Yankees
player, three more as a coach with the Yanks and
#Mets
. In fact, he appeared as a player, coach or manager in every World Series won by an NY team from 1947 through 1981!
#MLB
This is the only photo that exists of Grampa Yogi hitting right-handed. Uncle Tony switched him when he was 10 so he'd have a better shot at
#MLB
. And that's Joe Garagiola over Gramp's left shoulder w/ the good hair.
#Yankees
I was lucky enough to share a lot of fun times with
#MLB
great Tommy Lasorda, but they were a direct result of 60 years of fun times between him & Grampa Yogi. RIP, Tommy. Love to Jo and all the Lasordas from all the Berras.
#Dodgers
#Yankees
#RIPTommy
❤️⚾️❤️