![]() ![]() Hall Of Famer, Yogi Berra, Yankees Great, Dead At 90 ‘He Had A Way Of Bringing Out The Best In You’ The film also deals with the two times he was fired as Yankees manager and his long estrangement from the team.Īnd you may be surprised to learn how Dale Berra got his name. “It Ain’t Over,” also illuminates his life-long love for his wife, Carmen, and his years as a gentle, but sturdy patriarch, leading the family intervention that helped his son, Dale, defeat his drug addiction in the 1980s. The doc emphasizes his achievements, which seem almost mythical by modern baseball standards, his durability, catching both ends of doubleheaders well over 100 times, and ability to make contact, striking out only a handful of times per season. ![]() Watching the All-Star Game with Yogi in 2013, Lindsay took umbrage, more so than her modest grandad, that the greatest living players selected by fans, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Johnny Bench, did not include Berra, who won three MVP awards as the Yankees’ catcher in the 1950s, and earned 10 championship rings as player, coach and manager. ![]()
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