“Many of his records will never be broken,” says Lindsay. He was the American League’s MVP three times, and he made 18 appearances in the All-Star game. “He had one of the greatest World Series resumes, of any player, ever,” remarked the legendary US broadcaster, Bob Costas. He won so many World Series rings with the Y ankees that he had one for every finger, then he won three more as a coach to bring the total to 13.
But to the rest of the world, I mean, I think he was arguably the greatest catcher of all time!”īerra’s list of accomplishments as a ballplayer are so extensive that they hardly seem credible. “For me, Yogi Berra was my grandpa,” his granddaughter Lindsay told CNN, “He was the guy who burned all the hot dogs at our family barbecues when I was a kid. He was injured during the attack, he pulled bodies out of the water, and he learned that in comparison to war, baseball would be easy.ĭuring his remarkable 90 years of life, Berra became many wonderful things to many different people he was universally loved, but he was the most revered by a special few, his family. In 1944, two years before he started launching home runs at the Yankee Stadium, Berra was on a rocket boat off the coast of Normandy, providing cover fire for the D-Day Invasion.
In Washington, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments issued an unprecedented Code Purple advisory, which by EPA standards urges avoiding "long or intense" outside activities and for sensitive groups to cease all physical activity outdoors.Yogi Berra famously said “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over,” but one of the greatest careers in baseball history might have been over before it had even begun. MLB said additional updates may be forthcoming. Two hours later, the AQI was measured at 165 near Citizens Bank Park as the Phillies-Tigers game began in Philadelphia.
The air quality index near Yankee Stadium was 173 around gametime, which the Environmental Protection Agency classifies as unhealthy, with conditions more greatly affecting those with health conditions. But air quality remained unhealthy in Philadelphia and an advisory runs through at least Friday morning.Īnd the Yankees and Chicago White Sox are playing a doubleheader in New York that began at 4 ET, under improved but still unhealthy conditions. The clubs simply moved the game back to 6 ET Thursday evening.
Thursday’s air quality worsened in Washington - the air quality index peaked at 273, termed "very unhealthy" and not far from a hazardous reading of 300 - and remained poor in Philadelphia, where Wednesday’s Detroit Tigers-Phillies game was postponed.
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