tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post8457809120279059610..comments2024-03-28T17:00:25.774-04:00Comments on The Greedy Pinstripes: My Letter to Yogi Berra If He Were Still AliveDaniel Burchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212584396848733519noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post-2485582624585410592015-09-26T21:04:23.111-04:002015-09-26T21:04:23.111-04:00There was this guy warming up one day for the Yank...There was this guy warming up one day for the Yankees and I was told he was the Yankees Catcher.<br />I think I said something like, "You've got to be kidding, right!"...maybe I cleaned it up a bit. He looked nothing like a ballplayer to me. So, being respectful of those that knew more than I (yah right) I watched him in batting practise and I must say, "He never saw a pitch he didn't like", he hit high, low it didn't matter, if he could reach it he hit it.<br />I have no idea if he played that day or not, I do know, being the pest I was I asked someone the next day about him and was told, "That guy is one good player, he'll be around for a while"!<br />Yogi Berra, became one of the Stars of a star filled Yankee Dynasty and the only Yankee of those teams that was fine being one of the Stars, not the STAR. Although, I must say, all of the big Stars would talk to any one of us at the drop of a hat.<br />I am sure all of the "Kitchen Trash" Kids are sad to hear of his demise as much as I, "Play Well Yogi"!Ken Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134936968221887101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post-21244974523920481912015-09-26T15:19:41.022-04:002015-09-26T15:19:41.022-04:00Thank you for the comment Vincent and thank you fo...Thank you for the comment Vincent and thank you for sharing your story. It's great to have the truest of true Yankees fans here, the ones that support the team no matter what. We all have those players we'd rather see elsewhere, that's human nature, but the team is what matters. Yogi thought so as well if I had to guess, and I bet I'd be right. Daniel Burchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04212584396848733519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post-5201961040603011552015-09-26T14:37:35.451-04:002015-09-26T14:37:35.451-04:00Very nice write up your love of Yogi and the NY Ya...Very nice write up your love of Yogi and the NY Yankees. I started my love for the NY Yankees at around the same age you have 9, it's awesome to love and follow something for so long. It hurts dearly when they lose, that's how we all know that we love the NY Yankees. When the lose in the playoffs I'm not right for several weeks. As for the late, great Yogi Berra - like you I wasn't lucky enough to see him play. My first game was Bat Day - 1975 in SHEA STADIUM, why Shea, Yankee Stadium was getting it's make over. I've been watching the Yanks everyday since that day in 1975. Take care buddy.<br />'<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Vincent Rizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15850368848285777476noreply@blogger.com