Yogi time!

"It gets late early around here."

One of many great ones.

"Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting."

Yogi is a gem, and always quote worthy....but from all of the quotes attributed to Yogi, my favorites are always the baseball ones....


Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?"

"Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."

"Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting."

"The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."

"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?"

If you love Yogi, you've got to get this book. I found it somewhere for 5.95 per copy and bought one for each of the seniors on my son's hs team last year. It's a treasure!

When You Come to a Fork In the Road, Take It!

One of the reporters that covered the Yanks in the old days said one time they were playing and it got left and he left the game. He wasn't writing a game story (just columns) so he read about the game the next morning. Then he saw Yogi later that day:
Reporter: Hey Yogi, two hits last night, way to go.
Yogi: I got three.
Reporter: Oh, it must have been a typographical error.
Yogi: I don't see how they could give me an error on that one, it was a clean shot right up the middle.

Yogi was out eating with the boys one night and ordered pizza, the waitress asked if he would like it sliced into 6 pieces or 8 pieces,Yogi thought for a moment and said "Better make it 6 I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 8".

Hi Yogi Fans. I just finished reading "10 Rings", Yogi's chronicle of his 10 championships a a Yankee. It is a fun, quick read; with some Yogi-isms, and some great insights and lessons for young ball players.