"a great book"

Oh man I like that saying, "the 6th tool = the heart"

I'm going to have to add this book to my collection for sure!

Three Bagger;
here is an except from the book.

"The catcher who appears most often in high places on that list is also the costar of Harvey Araton's Driving Mr Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift. Guidry, who had played for the Yankees during Berra's time as a coach and last tenure as manager, has, for over a decade, picked up the ancient backstop every spring at the Tampa airport to drive him to the Yankee training camp. Around that annual journey are spun a number of tales including the story of Berra's mighty fourteen-year umbrage at a highhanded George Steinbrenner, which was finally resolved in a July 1999 celebration of Berra's return to Yankee Stadium. The event was elevated by the perfect game pitched that afternoon by David Cone -- triumphantly bringing back the memory of Berra's own role in Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. We find here too the introduction of frogs' legs by the Louisianan Guidry into Berra's diet and a sense of the deep friendship between two great baseball men".

YOGI HAD MANY GREAT STATEMENT, BUT IT IS HIS LOVE OF PEOPLE AND TOTAL RESPECT FOR THE GAME OF BASEBALL. WHEN GEORGE DID NOT FIRE HIM
PERSONALLY YOGI "BOYCOTTED" THE YANKEES, BECAUSE GEORGE THOUGHT HIMSELF WAS MORE THAN THE GAME.

SOMEDAY, I WILL RELATE MY YANKEE STORIES.

BOB

Bob,

You know, one of the reasons this book appeals to me besides the historical perspective, is that often baseball books don't have much in depth about the interpersonal relationships between players and players, coaches and players, or managers and players, except in a very generic manner. I think it will be extremely interesting to see the dynamics of the relationship between two people who played in very different times, one when the owners ran baseball with an iron fist and one from the more or less modern era where the players and their union have much of the power. And yes Bob, I think it would be very interesting to hear your Yankee stories. I firmly believe you have a good book in your own stories of your vast experience with the top of America's youth baseball players, your Australian trips, GoodWill Series, founding of the Area Code Games. etc. I would certainly buy that book!

Yogi is an icon of the game. Despite all the Yogisms, the man is very smart.