To say I am a baseball fan would be an understatement and when writing about famous orators how could I forget the man, “Yogi Berra”. For me, he’s the perfect example of what old time baseball was all about. He was a great player and manager and always made the Yankees fans proud. Weirdly enough he has since become almost as famous for his stream of hilarious quotations. Here are a few for your entertainment.

• “I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.”

• “Baseball is 90% mental- the other half is physical.”

• “Nobody goes there anymore – it’s too crowded.”

• “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.”

• “This is like déjà vu all over again.”

• “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.”

• “It gets late early out there.”

• “Think! How the hell are you going to think and hit at the same time?”

• “Slump? I ain’t in no slump. I just ain’t hitting.”

• When his wife asked, “Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?” His response was, “Surprise me.”

THE AMBASSADOR OF BASEBALL