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SENSATIONAL
STORY OF THE
STAR YANKEE
v CATCHER!,
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Dear Fans:

This story is going to make you think about how a boy can love some-

thing so hard he can make his dreams come true. I love baseball and
I have always played it hard and clean— and to win. Only a few years

ago I was playing on back lots and in school yards or wherever I could

—hardly daring to hope I’d be a big leaguer some day.

And everyday, I learned something new— how to hit, run, field, catch.

If you put your best into any work you like, you’ll be a star some day,
too. So, dig in, fellows— knock the cover off the ball, go get that fly,

take an extra base, don’t let that guy coming in from third knock the

ball out of your hand! Play for keeps, be a good sport— and you’ll hit

the top!

As ever, your pal,

\
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YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO AL |ETTER

D. D D

BASEBALL HERO
'y?06 BfRRA, the boy wonder
1 of the New York
^Yankees, is the best- beloved ball player of
the day.' A hero to his friends and fans aliKe,
he is recognized today as the greatest catcher
in -the game.' His is a story that can only be
told in America —
the rise of a poor Italian
immigrant’s son from poverty to riches in a
sport which makes millions happier

WRITTEN »V CHARLES DtXTER

\4)H JUNE 15,1947, YOGI EXECUTED THAT

V^AN UNASSISTED DOU0LE-.KILLING BY A

AS A lAP BALL HITTER' YOGI 15 MOST DANGER -

IN A PINCH AS HE PROVED IN W47 WHEN HE SOCKED
FIRST PINCH-HIT HOMER IN WORLD SERIES* HISTORY

YOCl BERRA. BASEBALL HERO, is published by Fawcett Publications. Inc.. Fawcett Place. Creenwieh. Conn Copyright 1951 by Fawcett Publications.
Inc Printed in U S A.
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

Ip IETRO BER HPl, WHO HAD COME TO THE UNITED STATES FROM ff^APA BERRA WORKED HARP IN A ST. LOUIS BRICKYARD
''SUNNY ITALY, WAS THE HAPPIEST MAN INST.LOUIS WHEN " BE5IPE HI5
c, PRE5ENTEP HIM WITH A LUSTY BABY EOY,

^MY LARRY’S ALWAYS

THROWING THINGS, GIOVANNI
HE HIT ME IN THE EYE WITH

rHE BIG BERRA HOUSE ON ELIZABETH STREET INST.LOUIS

ALWAYS RANG WITH THE LAUGHTER OF CHILDREN/ JJEE K-END PICNIC5 ON THE BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
FOUND THE BERRA AND GARAGIOLA FAMILIES JOINED
COME ON, YOU KIDS, EAT / INGAMES/ YOGI’S OLDER BROTHERS WERE ALREADY
YOU, TONY.. AND MIKE ANP FINE BALL PLAYERS/
JOHN.. WHAT’S THE I WANNA
MATTER, LARRY ? J \ RING SANPWICH, HEY TONY, LET ME YEH, MIKE,
v TOO, PA.' AND JOE PLAY _ 1 WANNA
-x BALL, TOO/ T PITCH / OUR BOYS
ARE VERY <

GOOD, EH,
GIOVANNI O

YOU BET,
PIETRO/

'A PA BERRA ALWAY5 BROUGHT HOME GOOP THINGS TO EAT.

SOMETIMES JOE PITCHED AND YOGI CAUGHT

.OMETIME5 YOGI HEY, YOU GOT
PITCHED ANP JOE A FINE CURVE,
1

THAT WAS AN
CAUGHT/ LARRY/ •OUTCURVE
LARRY.
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YOGI BERRA, BASEBALL HERO

fi\l WADE 6RADE SCHOOL, JOS

CrV STUDIED HARP, BUT TOG WAS
MOST INTERESTED IN BA5E8ALL
LET’S GET DOWN TO THE PLAYGROUND
"
RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL, JOE. OR Y
WON’T GET
BALL GAME
»N THE
nr ^ SSH, LARRY.'
I’M STUDYING

iFTER THE PLAYGROUND CLOSED, LARRY AND JOE PLAYED

R STICK BALL UNTIL DARK

'HEN YOGI REACHED HOME, PAPA BERRA WAS THERE

YOU KIDS OUGHTTO TO GREET HIM
BE HOME STUDYING
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

HOORAY/
[rU T NIGHT IT
WAS ALWAYS
THE SAME
YOG/ DREAMED
OF SPORTING
GLORY.'

'HEM LARRYAND JOE WERE TWELVE, JOE CAUSINO, A NEIGHBOR, STOPPED

TO TALK WITH THEM AFTER A PLAYGROUND GAME 50R THE NEXT TWO YEARS YOGI
LFSTARRED ON THE STAGS IN ALL
YOU KIDS OUGHT TO JOIN THE YMCA LEAGUE, WHAT. D’YA SAY, POSITIONS - PITCHING, CATCHING, >
GET UP A TEAM.' YOU’LL HAVE UNIFORMS,
A REAL DIAMOND AND SCHEDULED
GAMES.' Y
JOE ? WE COULD
CALL OUR TEAM
THE STAGS.'
wwwwa OUTFIELD.' mmyJJ
PLAYING THE INFIELD AND THE

I
5
M FOR IT,
LARRY.'

/00\ WAS ADEPT IN OTHER SPORT3,TOOj HE FOUGHT HIS WAY INTO THE
'SEMI-FINALS AT THE Y TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT, WITH JOB HI5
-
OPPONENT *
1

DEUCE
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

nE PAT WHEN YOGI VI5ITEP A GYMNASIUM

ITALIAN-AMER1CAN
ATHLETIC CLUB

I NEED A SPARRING

PARTNER, KIP.' HOW

ABOUT BOXING

KNOW ANVTHIN6
ABOUT BOXING,
BUT I’LL TRY *

IKEBERRA, OUT FOR A WALK

ONE EVENING A WEEK LATER,
NOTICED A BILLBOARD.'

TONIGHT
BOXING PROGRAM

KID BERRA
Willoptr from
Hit l )
vs.
GUS PESCANNl
-FOUR ROUNDS —

THE WINNER IF PA HEARS ABOUT THIS, HE’LL KNOCK YOU

ISBERRftJb'i A INTO NEXT WEEK STICK TO BA5E0ALL,
KNOCKOUT.' LARRY.* ALL US KIPS CAN MAKE GOOD

LARRY
YOCI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO
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YOGI BERKA. BASEBALL HERO

|0E GAAA6KJLA, YOGP» FR»£ND, STH.L UYIP ACROSS YOU KNOW ME, MR. BROWNE, AW, THERE’S NOTHING
'
THE STREET. Of*E DAY
1
/—^ n BUT YOU DON'T KNOW MY TO IT YOU JUST SWING
WELL, WHAT FRIEND, LARRY BERRA.' HE CAN AT THE BALL, AND —
[GOT GREAT NEWS, LARRY.’ ARE YOU WAITING DO EVERYTHING IN BASEBALL, WHAM <

RE AMERICAN LEGION TEAM f FOR, JOE? PITCH, CATCH, RUN, HIT-r

NEEDS BALL PLAYERS.’ V.
LET’S GO.'.'
) WOW, HOW HE CAN rX-p
HIT .' , -T V- A
£ I CAN USE
BOTH OP YCl)
boys; REPORT nLEQIOI
FOR PRACTICE
~t tonight; 'ST (
)

rHE 5TDCKHAM TEAM WAS THE CLASSIEST IN THE ST. LOUIS'

LEGION LEAGUE AND LARRY SOON BECAME ITS MOST
FEARED BATTER.'

THAT BERRA
HITS ANYTHING

<TOCKHAM, LED BY YOGI AND JOE GARAGIOLA, WON GAME

AND CAUGHT FOR

——
fOOl PLAYED OUTFIELD* INFIELD
/AFTER GAME IN THE LEGION LEAGUE.' AND IT WAS A YOGI
5TOCHHAM .'
f

YOU’RE NOT GOING

y —
HOMER WITH THE BASES FULL THAT CLINCHED THE CHAMPION-
SHIP.'

r ANYWHERE, .

. FELLOW.' J
YOGI BERRA, BASEBALL HERO
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

NEXT DAY, YOGI TOLD COACH BROWNE ABOUT HIS C?HAT WEEK BROWNE VISITED SPORTSMAN’S PARK WHERE
W THE ST. LOUIS BROWNS WERE PLAYING THE NEW YORK
YOU WERE JUST YANKEES.' THERE HE MET AN OLD FRIEND, YANKEE COACH
JOHN SCHULTE.' /
< I’VE GOT A
GREAT CATCHING PROSPECT ON
MY LEGION TEAM, JOHN.' YOU’VE
GOT A OAV OFF TOMORROW.'
COME OVER AND TAKE
A LOOK AT HIM.'

HE’S NOT BAP, I v/eEKS PASSED AND YOGI THOUGHT, LIKE HIS
BROWNIE.' WHAT’S ^BROTHERS, HE WAS DOOMED TO WORK IN
HIS NAME ? SOME SHOP OR STORE, INSTEAD OF PLAYING
BASEBALL, THE GAME HE LOVED.' THEN

LARRY BERRA.' BUT

THE BOYS CALL HIM YOGI
^
BECAUSE HE LOOKS SO
FUNNY SQUATTING
BEHIND THE PLATE.' I
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YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

ATER THAT DAT, YOGI'S BROTHERS, TONY AND JOHN, JOINED MIKE
7 IN A LONG ARGUMENT WITH PUZZLED PA BERRA .'
_ LARRY,
COME HERE
BASEBALL 15^\ LOOK AT DIMAGGIO..-. ) YOU NEYER ^
PLEASE, THE GREAT .) HE’S ITALIAN AMD ^
|

GAVE US BOYS 1

PA.'
J AMERICAN v GETTING RICH Jl A CHANCE, PA
GAME, PA, PLAYING LET LARRY TRY
BASEBALL, -y TO MAKE
V GOOD ! )

IF r ONLY
KNEW WHAT
TO OOJ

N THE SPRING OF IR43, YOGI REPORTED TO THE YANKEE

OKAY... YOU ATTA BOY, ) FARM CLUB AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, PLAYING IN THE
GO PLAY OH, PA, ly PA.' .
PIEDMONT LEAGUE. 1 ....
BASEBALL I’LL MAKE I’M NOT SELLING
YOU PROUD HEY, FELLOW, YOU CAN’T CO MIC BOOKS. I’M A1

OF ME THOSE COMIC BOOKS

"SELL . IN HERE '
jT-r-z#
7 BALL PLAYER.'

~?HIEF 5COUT PAUL KRICHELL WHO’S THAT - WHAT DID I TELL

0 THE YANKEES VISITED THE FUNNY- LOOKING -7 YOU, PAUL ?
NORFOLK TRAINING CAMP.' KID TRYING TO
CATCH OUT ^
THERE ? I
-
THAT’S YOGI BERRA, «
PAUL ! BUT WRIT UNTIL
YOU 5EE HIM HIT.' .

THAT BERRA’S
FC THE WIERDE5T
BAD-BALL HITTER
I’VE EVER SEEN
”
BUT HE’S SURE
. GOT POWER .»
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

fi\ND DID HAVE POWER.'.'

*YO<31 N THE FIFTH INNING YOGI 50GKED A LOW LINER TO
r
sv IN TIME AT BAT, IN A
HiS FIRST DEEP LEFT FIELD FOR A TRIPLE, SENDING HOME
PROFESSIONAL GAME AGAINST TWO MORE RUNS.' THEN HE SINGLED TWICE AND
R0ANOKE,YO6l SMASHED A HOME DOUBLED TWICE FOR A GAME TOTAL OF SIX HITS IN
RUN WITH THE BASES FULL ! SIX TRIPS TO THE PLATE

Gl SOCKED TWO MORI SINGLES, A TRIPLE -AND THEN, IN THE

* NINTH, HE BLASTED A TERRIFIC DRIVE TO DEEP CENTER, SPRINT-
ING AROUND THE BASES FOR AN INSIDE THE PARK HOME RUN/

wmo...J DAYS YOGI MADE TWELVE HITS, THAI I HOMERS, TWO TRIPLES
TWO DOUBLES, DRIVING IN TWInIy-THAIS RUNS
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

N JANUARY, IR44. YOGI BECAME A BOOT

AT BAINBRIDGE NAVAL TRAINING STATION'
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
PITCHERS 500N LEARNED
THAT YOGI WOULD SWING
HIS BAT AT ANY PITCH,
WHETHER OVER HIS HEAD
OR IN THE DIRT.'
HIS AVERAGE FOR
THE SEASON WAS .253
BUT HE HAD SOCKED
MANY LONG DRIVES
FOR A -3A7
SLUGGING MARK
AND WAS PROMOTED
'

BY THE YANKEES
TO THE
KANSAS CITY BLUES
THAT FALL.'
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

i^is THE
GALLANT
UNITED STATES ARMY
ADVANCED INTO THE
HEDGEROWS OF
NORMANDY,
YOGI RETURNED TO
ENGLAND WITH HIS
COMRADES.'
MONTHS LATER HE
WAS TRANSFERRED
TO THE STATES,
ARRIVING AT THE
NEW LONDON
SUBMARINE
BASE
IN EARLY
SPRING.'

pHRILLED TO BE BACK ON THE DIAMOND, YOGI, WITH THE POWER-

^ FUL NEW LONDON TEAM, SOCKED HITS ALL OVER THE FIELD.' IN klANT MANAGER MEL OTT WAS IMPRESSED BY
AN EXHIBITION GAME WITH THE NEW YORK GIANTS YOGI’S BATTING POWER mmmmmmarrvm
WHO’S THAT SLUGGING ) THAT’S SEAMAN
YOUNG CATCHER ON / FIRST CLASS LARRY
.

^YOUR TEAM ? BERRA, MEL HE’S '

SORT OF WET BEHIND

THE EAR5, BUT HE
SURE CAN HIT.' M
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

IANT PRESIDENT HORACE STONEHAM TELEPHONE? YANKEE

PRE5IPENT LARRY NiACPHAIL J

FOR THAT ROOKIE CATCHER, BERRA,

Ban MR. MacPHAIL.' .
^
I’LL GIVE YOU FIFTY THOUSAND COLLARS
rf*

BERRA?
I’LL HAVE
r TO THINK
IT OVER,
MR.STONEHAM '

f *HE WAR ENDED AND YOOI AGAIN BECAME A CIVILIAN .'IN THE
SPRING OF l*M6, HE REPORTED TO THE FLORIDA CAMP OF THE
NEWARK BEARS, YANKEE FARM CLUB J HE HIT FIERCELY DURING
TRAINING AND WA5 BATTING AS 0 WHEN THE BEARS MET THE
MONTREAL ROYALS IN MAY.' ROYALS’ MANAGER CLAY HOPPER
MIT HI5 COACHES BEFORE THE FIRST GAME !
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

,NP YOGI COULD NOW BUY AS MANY OF Hl5 FAVORlYI

) COMIC BOOHS AS HE PLEASED/ luf YOGIWAS sm
AWKWARD CATCHER

k THEM?
HIS HAND AND WRIST DURING TH| l446
OHT 23 OF 54 RUNNERS WHO TRIED TO
STEAL ON HIM/

ID HE RAN BASES LIKE A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

‘PIHfD IN THE HAND WHILE SLIDING INTO BAM.YOGI WAS

OUT OP PLAY FOR A WEEK /

/HEN THE SEASON ENDED, NO THE VERY

YANKEE PRESIDENT SEND FOR NEXT DAY....
MACPHAIL STUDIED BERRA, AT ONCE
YOGI’S RECORD J

I’M A
YANKEE
WOW J
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YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

YANKEES WERE FINISHING THEIR POORE5T SEASON Y£01V/£'tHAT YOGI’S GOT

»IN MANY YEARS THAT SEPTEMBER, AND 50 FEW FAN5 POWER, THOUGH
SAW YOGI START HIS FIRST GAME IN THE MAJORS BEHIND
THE BAT,' IN THE PRESS BOX-... -

WHO’S THAT FUNNY- SOME KIPCALLED

LOOKING ROOKIE YOGI BERRIE5 OR
POWN THERE? ) SOMETHING.' V

HE POESN’T IIT5 FOR FIFTEEN BASES IN SEVEN

LOOK LIKE A hTTING.364 ANP SLUGGING -687 IN
YANKEE TO ME pNAL ROOKIE PEBUT.'

VHEN YOGI REPORTED AT THE YANKS’ ST. PETERSBURG

CAMP IN IA47, HE MET HIS NEW MANAGER, BUCKY MR. HARRIS SAYS
'

HARRIS.' I
I’M GLAP WE’RE
^ FETERAN YANKEES PLAYEP
PRACTICAL JOKES ON YOGI
YOU’RE TO HELP
THE GROUND-
KEEPER TOPAY,
*

YOU SURE MURPEREP US ON THE SAME SIPE

LAST YEAR WHEN I WA5 NOW, MR. HARRIS.' YOGI J THE BASE
WITH BUFFALO, YOGI/^ ’
LINES NEEP ^
STRETCHING.' J
f
WHERE’LL I FINP
THE GROUNPKEEPEf?
—7 BILL ?

I’LL SOAP THAT AND THIS SANP HEY, FELLOWS, JUST GIVING THEY PIP IT
FRESH ROOKIE’5 IN HI5 GLOVE WILL WHAT’S THE YOU THE WORKS, TO ME WHEN
V BAT : TONE HIM DOWN.' v
,PEA ? /TgS YOGI.' I WA5 A r
ROOKIE.' J

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YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

rN AWARE THAT THE PRANKSTERS HAP 50APEP HIS 'hebases were full and yogi got the hit and run
BAT, YOGI TOOK HIS TURN AT BAT IN THAT PAY’S SIGN HE SWUNG AND.... r
•
1

EXHIBITION GAME •'

WAIT TILL
YOGI SWINGS

N SPITEOF THE SOAPED BAT, YOGI CONNECTED FOR A > MAW- HAW.' I GOT
$ BLOOPER BETWEEN LEFT AND CENTER IT WENT FOR THE LAST LAUGH
TWO BASES AND SCORED THREE RUNNERS.'
'
f

'iXFTER THAT DAY’S

^OAME, MANAGER
HARRIS STOPPED AT
I’VE DECIDED TO MAKE
YOU OUR FIRST STRING
CATCHER, YOGI
.'
«
“
Jk HUGE CROWD GATHERED IN YANKEE STADIUM FOR THE
OPENING GAME OF THE l«H7 SEASON -AND YOGI BERRA
WAS IN THE LINE-UP, A FIRST STRING CATCHER AT THE START
YOGI’S LOCKER OF HIS FIRST FULL SEASON BEFORE THE GAME HE ASHED
PHIL RI2ZUTO A QUE5TION
THAT’S PRESIDENT
G05H, MR. HARRIS, WHO’5 THAT IN THAT BOX TRUMAN, YOGI .'
.

I DIDN’T KNOW I WAS OVER THERE WITH THE

AMERICAN FLAG ON Ja
K THAT GOOD
IT, PHIL ?
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

JUST SHAKE THAT j \NP YOGI P/0 SW/NO MS BAT THAT PAY/ DESPITE HIS
BAT OF YOURS AT ROOKIE JITTERS, YOOI SOCKED FOUR HIT5 IN FIVE TR1S5
THREE SINGLES ANP A POUBLE m w mm
‘

THE BALL, ANP .'

.
,

YOU’LL BE O.K.,

mbJpposing MANAGERS CONCEN*

RATED ON PUTTING A STOP TO

* IUT THE YANKEES GOT

OFF TO A POOR START:
joe Dimaggio was unable
TO PLAT BECAUSE OF A BONE
YOGI’S AMAZING BATTING.' ONE
PAY LOU BOUPREAU, OF THE
CLEVEIANP 1NP1ANS, 5P0KE TO
HI5 FIREBAU. ACE, BOB FELLER.'
SPUR IN HIS HEEL,
THE PITCHING WAS SPOTTY
AND THE TEAM BERRA’S JUST A .

DROPPED TO LUCKY HITTER. BOB /

j SIXTH PLACE BY HE’LL SWING AT YOUR
MID-MAY.' FIRST PITCH EVERY
TIME.' FEED HIM
_ NOTHING BUT
7 BAP BALLS.'

ND BOUPREAU WAS RIGHT. YOGI PIP SWING AT

1

k iBAD BALLS, POPPING UP FOUR TIMES THAT PAY.'

 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

DRILLED TO BE PLAYING BESIDE HIS HERO, THE FAMED

CHECKED WITH WHENEVER I THINK rYANHIE CUPPER, YOGI EAGERLY AWIAITEP HIS FIRST
HELPINGMATE/ I GAN CATCH A FLY CHANCE.'
BEFORE A GAME WITH BALL, YOGI, I*LL CALL
THE RED SOX.' OUT: 2 GOT /T.'lF YOU^
THINK YOU CAN MAKE
THE CATCH, YOU DO THE
SAME.' UNDERSTAND?•>
 YOGI BERRA BASEBALL HERO

GOLLY, JOE, ' I’M ALL RIGHT, YOGI

I PIPN’T ANP PON’T GET UP5ET / X)

MEAN... YOU WERE TRYING TO

HELP ME.’ THE IMPORTANT
THING IS YOU CAUGHT^-
T
.

-r THE BALL.'

|N THE NEXT INNING PiMAGGIO REALLV PROYEP HE WAS ALL RIGHT/// foGIWAS UP NEXT.' HE PUG IN, SAW THE BALL
A HOMER. COMING, ANP SWUNG/ [—

1 JUS T HAP TO SOCK THAT

W.r was
WHOMER
ANOTHER
FOR YOU, JOE J^
‘

m
^Hicep by Dimaggio’s great
HITTING, ANP WITH YOGI ANP
TOMMY HENRICH BLASTING THE
BALL, TOO, THE YANKS WON NINETEEN
STRAIGHT GAMES THAT SUMMER, MOV-
ING INTO AN UNBEATABLE
LEAP IN THE
AMERICAN LEAGUE RACE J
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO
'00\ CONTINUED IN BACK OF THE PLATE.’ BEHIND THE ACE
RELIEF HURLING OF JOE PAGE, THE YANKEES ROLLED ON.'

UT HE WAS EAGER TO LEARN, TOO

YOU OUGHT TO HOLD

TELL ME, PHIL - YOUR HANDS THE WAV *
WHAT DID I DO AN INFIELDER GOES
WRONG? AFTER A GROUND BALL
THEN THOSE FOUL
POPS’LL BE EASY -m
TO NAB M

OGI CAUGHT THE THIRD BASE COACH’S SIGN TO THE

VTOGI WAS SHARP-WITTED ON DEFENSE .’IN A GAME r NEXT BATTER! IT WAS FOR A SQUEEZE BUNT !
^AGAINST ST. LOUIS, WITH THE YANKS LEADING, 2 T01»
IN THE NINTH, A
BROWNIE RUNNER
WAS DANCING OFF
THIRD WITH THE
POTENTIAL
TY1N& RUN
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

bGl SPRANG INTO ACTION HE GAVE PAGE TKf 5IGNAL

FOn A HIGH FAST PftUJ r ipim THE BATTER
r G0 NNECTED
WITH THE
HIGH PITCH.'

Yt-like, YOGI POUNCED ON THE BALL AND TAGGED BOTH

Brunners for an unassisted double plat by a
T THE BALL FELL
»EAD IN FRONT
OF THE PLATE J
^ CATCHER -THE RAREST PLAT IN BASEBALL.'

TER THE GAME, REPORTERS GATHERED AROUND YOGI,

‘N MID-SEPTEMBER, THE YANKEES CUNCHSI7 THE IA4T
YOU SURE thought I JUST TAGGED
' PENNANT/
FAST ON THAT DOUBLE EVERYBODY, EVEN

^
PLAY, YOGI HOYV'D
YOU DO IT ?
J
THE UMPIRE. 1

•
V£0W.'
WE’RE CHAMPS
M
LET’S
BEAT THE
r AGAIN !
D0PGER5.'
 YOCI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

PROUD YANKEES FACED THE BRAWL IN 6 DODGERS,

CHAMPIONS Of THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, IN THE FIRST
WORLD SERIES GAME ON SEPTEMBER 30 BEFORE
73,365 FANS. 1
»-r ^ YOGI
r
SEEMS SORT
OF JITTERY, *
YOGI JITTERY ? WE’5
ABOUT AS NERVOUS AS
ray, DOESN’T HE? ) A FIRE HYDRANT
YANKEES

UT YOGI WAS JITTERY. ESPECIALLY WHEN JACKIE

RONROBINSON,
BASE
THE
THE
IN
DODGER’S FAMED SPEEDSTER, GOT
VERY FIRST INNING ,

/r A
A I’VE
C
GOT
TO WATCH
*

\ THAT GUY
.'

JVo °o 4 3 Vh the next

PITCH, JACKIE
LIT OUT FOR
SECOND

*70G\ PEGGED POWN BUT HIS THROW WAS WILD.' HOW'

NO ROBINSON WAS TAGGED OUT IN A RUN DOWN
J EVER, GEORGE STIRNWEIS5, BACKING UP THE PLAY,
sn he
bTlV | _ THEY GOT HIM
OH, BROTHER .'

9700 WENT HITLESS

1

FFOR THE FIRST GAME,

PUT THE YANKS WON,
5 TO 3 !

t
YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

HE YANKS WENT ON TO WIN THE SERIES IN

SEVEN GAMES
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

'OG\ WENT HOME TO 9T.L0UIS WNERE HIS OLD PALS 3TAOEP A

ROUSING RECEPTION FOR HIM AT BIGGIE 0ARAGNANI5’
YOGI’S RECOUP -1147 —RESTAURANT. THE
... ...
1
.

i TMf PARTY'S FnR

PflUTV'*; FOR 2.
WHAT’S THE )
YOU, YOGI CAN’T YOU

— — — ?/ O-m.READ THE SIGNS? YOU’RE

IDEA, BIGGIE
Gama 83 . THE CHAMP NOW.' „
Hits 82
Poubles is
Triples 3
Homers II

Batting average .280

Slugging average 46*

yOO I SUDDENLY THAT’S CARMEN SHORT,

/ BEGAN TO LOSE
•C/F YOGI.'SHE’S A FINE GIRL,
APPETITE
HIS ! WORKED IN AN OFFICE AND
TAUGHT DANCING UNTIL SHE
CAME HERE WANT TO
BIGGIE, I CAN T — MEET HER ?
EAT UNTIL I KNOW
WHO THAT WAITRESS
IS »
^
 YOCI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

•)uR IN® THAT WINTER TOG AN? CARMEN SAW IPURREP ON BY HI5 LOYE FOR CARMEN, YOGI OPENEP
I

EACH OTHER EVERT PAT.' ALL TOO SOON IT WA5 "the me SEASON WITH A FURIOUS BATTING STREAK.'
SPRING AGAIN ANP TOO RETURNEO TO THE
I

YANKEE CAMP IN ST. PETERSBURG, FIORIPA

ANOTHER
I HEAR YOU’RE TRIPLE
IN LOVE. YOGI..'

£/HENEVfR YOGI WAS I ”7lTH yoGi BATTING THIRP, AHEAP OF THE GREAT YANKEE
“-'CLIPPER, HE GOT ON BASE PAY AFTER PAY WHILE DiMAG’
"'BATTING WELL. HE WAS 50CKEP THIRTY-NINE HOMERS, TOPS FOR THE LEAGUE.'
VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
THE OLP
HEY, JOE, I’VE GOT TO ONE -TWO
USE THAT RIGHT- HANP PUNCH,
SHOWER OR I WON’T GET HEY. JOE .'

A HIT TOMORROW

TOU’LL
GET A HIT
ANYWAY,
, yoGi •

np ur THE
YANKEE
PITCHING
TOO BAP,
YOGI'S STAR RECORP
5AGGEP AS 1148
JOE PAGE
FftllEP TO
REGAIN MIS Games 125
MIRACULOUS Hits 143
FORM or Doubles 24
1447 /
Triples.. ".
10
Homers 14
Runs batted in 48
Batting average 305
Slugging average ,488

fHE
* CtlVIlANP INOIANS WON THf FLAO. TMf YANKS FINI5WNG THIRP.*
ANP MANAGER BUCK* HARRIS ReSJGNEP.'
 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

V06\ BUSHEP HOME TO ST.LGUIS FOR A LONG

w.
^AWAITED DATE ON JAN. 26, IH4R, AT ST. AMBROSE’S
CHURCH T* BERRA WAS VERY HAPPY.'
BASEBALL HAP MAPE HIS 50N,
YOGI, A HERO,NOT ONLY TO HIS
LOVING FAMILY, BUT TO FANS
THROUGHOUT AMERICA.'
NEWSPAPERS ANP MAGAZINES
WERE FILLEP WITH THE
REAL STORY OF YOGI BIRRA
--HI5 QUAINT WAYS, HIS
MIGHTY PROWEBS AT BAT
AND GOODHEARTEPNESS
HI5 TO
HIS WIFE ANP PARENT? .'

HE HAP BECOME ONE

OF THE MOST-LOVEP
HEROI5 IN THE
GAME.'

OGI ANP CARMEN’S HONEYMOON WAS A MOTOR TRIP

ST. LOUIS HONORS $5*IN YOGI’S GIFT CAR ACROSS THE NATION ENPING IN

> HOW DO THE BOYS 1

J
ON THE HfLL FEEL ABOUT
YOU MARRYING A PRETTY
7 GIRL LIKE CARMEN, > THEY HAP t
W YOGI? v— ’f'T THEIR CHANCE,
DIDN’T THEY?

rHE NEW MANAGER OF THE YANKEES WAS LIKEABLE

CA5EY 5TENGEL .'

YOU’RE A GREAT HITTER

YOGI .'AND YOU’LL 500N
BE THE GREATEST Mg I HOPE SO,
CATCHER IN MR. STENGEL '

BA5EBALL
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YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

IF YOU CAN’T GRAB A WIPE PITCH AND

THINK IT WILL
YOU CAN STOP WILP
PITCHES INTO THE PIRT JET AWAY, STEP INTO IT.' LET IT HIT YOUR THIt5H »^g
NOT YOUR PROTECTOR, SO THAT YOU CRN j
BY PROPPING TO ONE CONTROL THE BOUNCE W
—
KNEE, BLOCKING THE ,
.

* BALL, YOGI / .

ON QUICK THROWS TO 5ECONP OR OTHER

^ >WHEN A BATTER HITS A FOUL,
BASES, PO NOT STAND FLATFOOTED.' GET UP ON SWEEP OFF YOUR MASK, PASH TO
YOUR TOES, TAKE ONE STEP FORWARD, ARM THE SPOT.' HOLP YOUR BARE HANP
— -t COCKED/ THEN LET THE BALL GO / JjB AND MITT WIPE OPEN, SO THE
BALL WILL NOT BOUNCE OFF )
THE TIP BUT LAND SQUARELY
v IN THE CENTER/
^

JOG l’5 ALL-AROUND DEFENSIVE PLAY WAS SHARPENED

r
WITH BILL DICKEY’S VALUABLE LESSONS, BUT
1#HE LOSS OF DiMAGGIO WAS A BLOW TO YANKEE PENNANT
w HOPES, BUT AS THE I9AR SEASON OPENED, TOMMY
HENRICH STARTED A HITTING STREAK, BLASTING HOMER
WHAT’S I’VE GOT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL
AFTER HOMER/
THE MATTER. FOR ANOTHER OPERATION ON
. JOE? MY HEEL/
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YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

OGI’S ALL-AROUNP PLAY HELPEP N JUNE 27 THE TANKS WERE
KEEP THE YANKS ON TOP *•) 0Y FIVE ANP A HALF GAMES
LEAPING R<en in AUGUST, a WILP pitch
SPLINTERS P YOGI’S WRIST.'

OW MY
WRIST 1

gOLTIN’ JOE PlMAGGIO RETURNEP TO

Faction, crushing the rep sox in a
VITAL SERIES BY SMASHING FOUR
HOMERS IN THREE GAMES.'

PITH YOGIRENCHEP FORA MONTH, THE REP SOX CLIPPEP

THE YANKS’ LEAP TO A HALF GAME.’ BUT ON SEPT. II, xjjfcNKEE HOPES RECElVEP A BLOW ON SEPTEMBER IB.
<TTR|^H Y0G1 WAS CATCHING AGAIN.
’ 1 4f WHEN JOE PlMAGGIO WAS STRICKEN WITH VIRUS
PNEUMONIA.' BUT YOGI CRASHEP A TERRIFIC HOMER
AGAINST THE 1NPIANS HELPING THE YANKS SWEEP A
VITAL CLEVELANP SERIES.'

^ C’MON,
FELLOWS THIS
J
X.
PITCHER’S EASY.'

N A TWIN BILL AGAINST THE SENATORS YOGI SLAMMEP

TWO SINGLES, A POUBLE ANP A HOMER AS THE YANKS
WON, 20 TO 5, 2 TO I

^#HE YANKS FACEP THE SOX AGAIN ON OCTOBER 1 FOR

^THE FINAL TEST.' THEY NEEPEP A TWO-GAME SWEEP TO
WIN THE FLAG.' THE SOX LEP 4 TO 0 IN THE FOURTH WHEN
...RISINGFROM A SICK BEP, THE GREAT PlMAGGIO CUFFEP

J OARING PASH ON A SQUEEZE PLAY BY JOE PESKY COST

THE YANKEES THE GAME ANP THE PENNANT LEAP.'
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YOGI BERRA, BASEBALL HERO

s
iND IN THE PIPTW *NIH» TOP * PlNtfLl PROVE IN EMflTH 68,055 PANS CROWDING YANKEE STADIUM TOR THE
‘THE TUMP YANKEE RUN i
^ £M HISTORIC FINAL GAME, MEL PARNELL AND VIC RA5CHI
WAGED A POWERFUL PITCHING DUEL .'THEN IN THE EIGHTH
Wat( that yogi’sT^ a INNING WITH THE SCORE TIED 1 TO 1 HENRICH SWATTED A
MURDER i / Mighty home run/ jrrnT
OLD RELIABLE TOMMY.

»lMA*’S SECOND HIT TIED THE TALLY, AND IN THE

POUR-RUN INNING FOLLOWED, IK WHICH V0& 5INOLEP,'
?I0HTH, JOHNNY UNDELL’S HOMER SAVE THE YANKS nun THE
ANP m&u
ruts Y WRRK CHAMPIONS ONCE MORE
K«4 WERE
YANKS MORE. 1

A ET04 TRIUMPH / THE FLA6 RACE WAS TIEP IN A KNOT.

_ ND AGAIN, IT
WA5 THE YANKEES
VANKEE5 VERSUS THE P0DGER5
FOREVER FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP
OF
THE WORLD.'
ALLIE REYNOLDS ANP
PREACHER ROE HURLED
PERFECT BALL TO I

SPLIT THE FIRST TWO

GAMES, BOTH BY ITO 0 SCORES.'
AS THE NINTH INNING OF THE
THIRD GAME OPENED
THE CLUBS WERE TIEP
- 1 TO 1, THE SERIE5
IN ABEYANCE I

JITH TWO MEN OUT, YOGI CAME TO THE •

ME WITH A *-
' PLATf VVffHOUT A HIT THUS FAR IN BASE ON BALLS
HOW ABOUT
*-r THAT, <
C CA5EY? J ^InO YOGI'S
WALK BROKE UP
THE SERIES/
HE SCORED THE
WINNING RUN .
ON JOHNNY MIZE'S
PINCH SINGLE !
THE YANKS
WENT ON TO
CRUSH THE
PODOER5 IN
FIVE GAMES.-
CHAMPIONS OP
THE WORLD
AGAIN 1
 YOCI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

yogi's
THRILLING RECORP
1141

Hits ns
TotaL Bases ira
Doubles ao
Triples 2
Homers 20
RBI hi
Baiting average . . . .277
Slugging average . . .471
Fielding average . . .181

HE DETROIT TIGERS LED THE LEAGUE ALMOST FROM THE

l JUNE, YOGI WAS THE AMERICAN LEAGUE’S
—— I V.START.' IN A GAME IN AN AUGUST SERIES, TIGER-HURLf R,
rLEADING CATCHER .... DlZZy TROUT, TRIED TO UNNERVE YOGI !

VOTE
for
ALL-STARS

1 DON’T
HIT WITH
FACE, TRC

HE TIGERS NEVER RECOVEREP FROM

YOGI'S PRIVE RNP THE TANKS
BOLLEP ON TO ANOTHER FLAG.' yogi’s
BIGGE5T SEASON
W50

Games 151
At Bat 5A7
Runs 115
Hits 1R1
Doubles 31
Triples . 6
Homers .
10
RBI 12 %
Batting average ..520
.

Slugging average... .552

 YOGI BERRA. BASEBALL HERO

^FhE PHILLYWHIZ KIPS, CHAMPION5 OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE /*1nD IN THE SEVENTH INNING, YOGI STARTED THE
^BOWEP INTHREE STRAIGHT GAMES TO THE TANKS, IN THE JV NEXT YANK RALLY WITH A SUPER-HOMER.' THE
THRILLING FOURTH GAME, YOGI DROVE HOME SCOOTER RIZZUTO YANKS WON, 5 TO 2 - GLOBAL CHAMPIONS ONCE AGAIN.'

A J* InD YOGI BERRA, WITH HI5 GREftT GOOD HUMOR, HI5 ZEST FOR THE
LI ^GAME AND HIS WILL-TO-WIN IS THg CHUMP TO MILLIONS OF Hfi
DEVOTED fAWS -HERO OF A WONDERFULLY TRUE STORY OF SPORTS LIFE IN AMERICA 2
‘
 yoGi
mww
SENSATIONAL
BATTING CATCHER
OF THE
CHAMPION
NEW YORK
YANKEES
 MARCH 03, 2016

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