According to Yogi Berra, baseball “is ninety percent mental, and the other half is physical.” While Berra might not be a mathematical scholar, he was an extremely charismatic baseball player who was always willing to speak his mind, which is just one reason why he is adored today by fans and collectors alike.

Though Berra liked to say that, “half the lies they tell about me aren’t true,” there is no questioning that Berra has been liberal about signing autographs, and thus they are not particularly valuable. They are, however, staples for collectors of New York Yankees memorabilia. His baseball cards, in contrast, are not as easy to come by.

His wit aside, Berra was also a star on the field. He rarely endured slumps, and if you asked him about a period of poor hitting, he would tell you so: “Slump? I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.” Berra won ten World Series championships as a player (plus three more as a coach), went to 18 All-Star games, and won three Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.

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ALPINE – Major League Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra slugged 358 home runs during an illustrious career and dispensed an equal number of humorous, head-scratching observations. John F. “Jeff” Fort III, retired Chief Executive Officer of Tyco International,...Read more

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Few players in the history of American sports have ever been more beloved than Yogi Berra. No. 8 turned 88 years old on May 12, 2013. Berra was a three-time AL MVP and a 10-time World Series champion during his playing career, all but four games of...Read more

Happy 88th Birthday Yogi Berra!
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Montclair's Yogi Berra turned 88 yesterday and celebrated at The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center. Berra had help blowing out the candles from his granddaughters, was joined by members of the 1978 world champion New York Yankees and had a...Read more

This Date in Mets History: May 12 — Yogi Berra's birthday, Beltran blasts ...
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First and foremost among the septet is Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, who turns 88 today. The man known as Lawrence Peter on his birth certificate joined the Mets organization in 1965 as a coach, though he did come out of retirement as a player for a brief,...Read more

1978 Yankees to sign autographs at Yogi Berra Museum on May 12
YES Network, May 8th

As part of the celebration of Yogi Berra's 88th birthday, members of the world champion 1978 Yankees will be at the Museum from 12 noon to 4 p.m. for an autograph show. Stars such as Goose Gossage, Ron Guidry, Roy White, Paul Blair and Mickey Rivers...Read more

Yogi Berra Museum announces partnership with Athlete Ally , group advocating ...
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The raging issues of Yogi Berra's day revolved around, who was better, the Dodgers or Yankees, Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle. If the topic of athletes' sexuality in the clubhouse was ever discussed, it certainly wasn't public. Following Monday's...Read more