Yogi Berra Remembered

[ChicagoSux]

 

[VURambler]

I thought this thread was going to be about Yogi Bear.

 

[cleanwave]

Great family man & baseball player

RIP

 

[nardibynature123]

Played in more World Series games than most MLB teams.

 

[The_Z_Man]

"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six." - Yogi Berra

 

[wcburrs87]

Who?

 

[nardibynature123]

Pope should do his mass in NYC at the stadium.

 

[TheFoyeEffect]

A great man. A great baseball player.

I will miss him.

 

[cleanwave]

Yogi Berra has more World Series Championships, than individual states Burrsvain has toured in America.

 

[wcburrs87]

Was his defense underrated?

 

[Villanova U]

I think what most people forget in the morass of weird quotes is that he was a hell of a ballplayer. 59.5 career WAR in 19 seasons. (Ryan Howard career WAR: 16.4).

Caught Don Larsen's perfect game in the world series. 358 career dingers. Dude could play, and he was 5'7" (adp-sized).

 

[HereComeTheCats]

Did they ever get his rings/bats back from when his museum was robbed?

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

I wonder if he could dunk a tennis ball like adp

 

[NickleDimer]

On D-Day, he fired at German defenses in Normandy from a 6 man boat.

 

[nardibynature123]

On D-Day, he fired at German defenses in Normandy from a 6 man boat.

Are we trashing veterans now?

 

[NickleDimer]

I tjc-edited my original post calling him a poor man's mike lieberthal. Mea Gulpa.

 

[Villanova U]

I tjc-edited my original post calling him a poor man's mike lieberthal. Mea Gulpa.

Mike Lieberthal career WAR: 15.2.

 

[NickleDimer]

Chaz Utley has a higher career WAR than Yogi Berra.

 

[TheFoyeEffect]

WAR undervalues catchers. This is a persistent criticism of the stat.

 

[NickleDimer]

WAR undervalues catchers. This is a persistent criticism of the stat.

There's no factor in WAR for grittiness, toughness, pitch framing and "calls a good game".
It my rebalanced WAR calculations, David Eckstein edges out Joe McEwing and Barry Bonds for gr8est player ever.

 

[nardibynature123]

For 7 straight years he never finished below 4th in the MVP voting including 3 wins.

 

[wcburrs87]

Does anyone know/understand exactly how this WAR number is calculated. Spare me the typical line about it being a star that most baseball people use. How is it calculated? For example, slugging percentage is total bases on hits divided by ABs.

 

[jvm3]

Was his defense underrated?

You seem like a real jerk.

 

[nardibynature123]

Does anyone know/understand exactly how this WAR number is calculated. Spare me the typical line about it being a star that most baseball people use. How is it calculated? For example, slugging percentage is total bases on hits divided by ABs.

It's all bullshit if you ask me, has to do with metrics, other than that, nothing.

 

[NickleDimer]

Let me google that WAR calculation for you....

 

[adp98]

I had the chance to meet Yogi at a fundraiser for the ill-fated Rudy campaign in the 08 cycle. He was old then. Spent about 10 minutes with him and it was cool to see a bunch of very successful men, including Rudy, worship at his alter. I wasn't a Yankee fan and didn't have any appreciation for Yogi. Seeing how much people revered him was really cool. For the Jersey guys, it was at Sal Conte's house. Joe Piscapo, Rudy, Yogi, Conte...a huge Italian fest. They all loved Yogi. It was cool to see even as the lowly guy in the back of the room.

 

[tjc3844]

I had the chance to meet Yogi at a fundraiser for the ill-fated Rudy campaign in the 08 cycle. He was old then. Spent about 10 minutes with him and it was cool to see a bunch of very successful men, including Rudy, worship at his alter. I wasn't a Yankee fan and didn't have any appreciation for Yogi. Seeing how much people revered him was really cool. For the Jersey guys, it was at Sal Conte's house. Joe Piscapo, Rudy, Yogi, Conte...a huge Italian fest. They all loved Yogi. It was cool to see even as the lowly guy in the back of the room.

One of the greatest names in sports history. When I was a kid, my dad took me to Yankee games a lot of times and Yogi was one of my favorite players. He was a real sports hero/role model to a lot of kids back then.

 

[FreddyShoop]

I don't believe he actually said 3/4 of all the quotes attributed to him.

 

[wcburrs87]

You seem like a real jerk.

Yawn.

 

[Joe Vance]

3mvp's playing on same teams as JoeD,TheMICK andRizzuto...........Arguably best bad-ball hitter ever;other would be Clemente

 

[NickleDimer]

Someone just said "best bad ball hitter" and listed two examples without the word "Vlad".

 

[OldManYellsatCloud]

One of the greatest names in sports history. When I was a kid, my dad took me to Yankee games a lot of times and Yogi was one of my favorite players. He was a real sports hero/role model to a lot of kids back then.

TJC, you grew up in NY? You still a Yanks fan? Want to hit a game next summer?

 

[NickleDimer]

tjc is a north jersey guy. Cut from the same cloth as Dmill.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

Let the record show that bill james was quoted as saying that Yogi was the best catcher of all time.

 

[OldManYellsatCloud]

tjc is a north jersey guy. Cut from the same cloth as Dmill.

Ugh. So another dickhead then.

 

[TheFoyeEffect]

Someone just said "best bad ball hitter" and listed two examples without the word "Vlad".

The best was when a past his prime Vlad got a hit on a ball that bounced in front of the plate.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

In honor of Vlad, I wear #27 in one of the adult baseball leagues in which I play.

 

[cleanwave]

I saw Vlad get 9 rbi's vs Boston & Pedro:Awesome

Yogi never struck out more than 40x's in a season.. Amazing considering he was such a power hitter

 

[NickleDimer]

Let the record show that bill james was quoted as saying that Yogi was the best catcher of all time.

W h ooooooooo?

 

[Villanova U]

Does anyone know/understand exactly how this WAR number is calculated. Spare me the typical line about it being a star that most baseball people use. How is it calculated? For example, slugging percentage is total bases on hits divided by ABs.

This might be a little above the intellect of a CoPer, but I'll indulge.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/about/war_explained_position.shtml