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Columnist: Yogi Berra was baseball, always will be

Yankee legend and catcher Yogi Berra, left, walks off the field arm in arm with former teammate Don Larsen, now of Hayden, after catching the ceremonial first pitch from Larsen before the New York Yankees game against the Montreal Expos during
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Yankee legend and catcher Yogi Berra, left, walks off the field arm in arm with former teammate Don Larsen, now of Hayden, after catching the ceremonial first pitch from Larsen before the New York Yankees game against the Montreal Expos during
Yankee legend and catcher Yogi Berra, left, walks off the field arm in arm with former teammate Don Larsen, now of Hayden, after catching the ceremonial first pitch from Larsen before the New York Yankees game against the Montreal Expos during "Yogi Berra Day" Sunday, July 18, 1999, at New York's Yankee Stadium. Berra caught Larsen's perfect game no-hitter in the 1956 World Series. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

In the weird, tribal world of sports fandom, no athlete can be impossibly successful and impossibly beloved at the same time. Success and reverence cruise along for a while, holding hands and stealing glances, but eventually success meets scrutiny in a filthy bar and they run off forever. Do you want to find a million people complaining about Derek Jeter, LeBron James, or Tom Brady? Sorry, but all we have left in stock are millions and millions and millions of people. Welcome to the Internet, welcome to sports, welcome to life, pull up a chair and yell at something. It’s impossible for anyone born after 1950 to understand what Yogi Berra’s Yankees did, what they accomplished, how many hearts they broke/Grant Brisbee, SB Nation. More here.

Question: What is your favorite Yogi Berra saying?

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