Happy 90th birthday to New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra! (To put that in perspective, that’s a full three years older than any of the current Yankees.) A Hall of Famer with tremendous prowess as both a hitter and a catcher, Berra is equally known for his beloved Yogi-isms, such as “It ain’t over till it’s over.”
Amazingly, Salt in Wound has uncovered some heretofore unpublished Yogi Berra quotes, all destined to become oft-repeated classics. Enjoy!
• “Baseball is like football except with a stick and you hit the ball and then you run around the bases and the thing at the end of the year is called the World Series instead of being called the Super Bowl.”
• “Two plus two is five. It isn’t? Jeez Louise, I must be a $&^@#£ moron.”
• “Hurry up with that soup, Captain!”
• “Marriage is defined as one man and one woman and one player to be named later.”
• “Sorry fellas, my throat is sore today and I don’t know if I’ll make it to the end of
• “There’s only three colors: blue, red, green. Say different and I’ll punch you.”
• “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain, which meteorologically speaking is highly unusual.”
• “A rabbit is just a carrot but with a furry long-eared thing eating it and then minus the carrot.”
• “Cette étude publie également une mesure des performances des… holy cannoli what are these devil words comin’ outta my stinkhole?”
• “Winning isn’t everything. There’s also bananas. And flagpoles.”
Jack Silbert, curator