Yogi Berra with Dave Kaplan
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Total reviews: 6
Average rating: 5.0 of 5
a series of 26 little stories ordered from a-z 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.
This book is like many of Yogi's books. It goes into his childhood, his upbringing and his values. In a short space the little stories tell a lot. Often the players of today are compared with those from Yogi's era or those from his childhood. Aside from talent the key to success as a baseball player and maybe in life too is modesty, unselfishness and the willingness to help others. Yogi exhibits all these qualities.
Yogi takes time out from life to explain it all for you 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
When it comes to the wit and wisdom of Yogi Berra you have to realize that are two types of Berraisms that you have to keep separate. First there are his classic examples of logic, where they sound wrong but they make sense, such as "Ninety percent of this game is mental and the other half is physical" and "It ain't over `till its over." For example, the latter works because "over" has two different meanings in that sentence, which reflects the fact that baseball does not have a clock. Second there are those that are simply the man misspeaking, such as "I want to thank everybody for making this night necessary" and "You saw Dr. Zhivago? Why? Aren't you feeling well?" Do not mistake the two forms because there is a major difference. The first category is the important one because it proves that while he was uneducated Lawrence Peter Berra was one of the smartest people to ever walk on a baseball diamond. You be sure to distinguish between the two types of sayings that serve as the basis for this book "What Time Is it? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All." (The title would fall in the second category for my money.)All of this, of course, assumes that Yogi actually did say any particular comment in the first place (we give the man the benefit of the doubt although he admits he did not say everything he has said). There are twenty-six of these sayings, arranged in alphabetical order using the most liberal of standards¸ each with a black and white illustration by Alan Dingman. We are then provided with several pages of reflections and commentary by Yogi, which work in stories from his family life and baseball career. I wonder whether Yogi was actually given these sayings and then proceeded to hold forth on this thoughts or whether Dave Kaplan interviewed the Hall of Fame catcher and then cut and pasted them into this volume. Not that it makes much of a difference, but I am curious. The main thing here is not the recycled sayings, most of which I have heard before in my consumption of all things Yogi (in the fourth grade there were three of us with the same name and I had a catcher's mitt so I was actually called "Yogi" for a year), but to hear what he has to say about the mysteries of time, the meaning of community, and the omnipresence of hope in the direst circumstances (and you thought this would just be light reading). Smart move of Yao Ming in one of his first commercial to team up with Yogi, the most loved and loveable sports figure in the United States today.
Editorial Review:
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorYogi Berra, winner of ten World Series rings, a member of both the Hall of Fame and the All-Century team, and perhaps the most popular and beloved ballplayer of all time, expounds on the funny, warm, almost inadvertent insights that are his trademark.
