Yogi Fully Insured by Hearts Across America

Yogi Berra
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“Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”

Thinking of one of the many contradictory head scratching statements we all loved him for, we fondly remember the great Yogi Berra, perhaps the greatest New York Yankee and a true American Classic, who died yesterday at 90.

An All Star catcher with his beloved Yankees, it was Yogi Berra who won more championship rings than any other, and also won as a manager as well, even with a stint with the crosstown New York Mets.

Berra was a Yankee legend to be sure, but with his famous Yogi-isms and wonderful smile, he was beloved by not only the baseball community, but all across America. Berra quit playing the year before I was born, so I never got to see him play.

But I sure knew him from following America's past time from a very early age.  He made me laugh, and sincerely making people laugh is a wonderful trait for anyone to have.

Perhaps his greatest quip was, "It ain't over 'till it's over", is repeated frequently as recently as yesterday in a ball park somewhere.  However, he gave me the greatest enjoyment during his commercial for AFLAC Insurance, which friends and I continuously quote from.

 

God Bless You Yogi!  It ain't over 'till it's over.