num_pages: 480
description:  The gripping biography of the legendary Hall-of-Famer and one of the most quotable figures in American culture.Yogi Berra is one of the most popular former athletes in American history and the most quoted American since Abraham Lincoln. Part comedian part feisty competitor Berra is also the winningest player (fourteen pennants ten World Series three MVPs) in baseball history. In this revelatory biography Allen Barra presents Yogi's remarkable life as never seen before from his childhood in Dago Hill the Italian-American neighborhood in St. Louis to his leading role on the 1949-53 Yankees the only team to win five consecutive World Series to the travails of the '64 pennant race through his epic battles and final peace with George Steinbrenner. This biography replete with nearly one hundred photos and countless Yogi-isms offers hilarious insights into many of baseball's greatest moments. From calling Don Larsen's perfect game to managing the 1973 You Gotta Believe New York Mets Yogi's life and career are a virtual cutaway view of our national pastime in the twentieth century. 98 photographs
language: English
title: Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee
publisher: W. W. Norton  Company