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Title: When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes by Dave Kaplan, Yogi Berra ISBN: 0-7868-8744-3 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: We can all learn a lot from Yogi Berra
Comment: Yogi Berra is an American treasure, epitomizing many of the things that make America great. As a legend in life as well as a legend in baseball, the common-sense pearls of wisdom that drop from his lips are as instructive as they are humorous. I consider Yogi the common man's philosopher. This book offers forty chapters, each containing helpful advice, based upon a famous Yogi-ism, as well as inspiration to the reader. Most of us already know most of these lessons, but we need to be reminded of them periodically. Yogi is the perfect teacher. He is humble and honest, perfectly willing to use his own failures as well as his successes as object lessons for the rest of us; he also speaks from the heart in plain language. I love the unpretentious nature of this book; maybe it breaks a few rules of proper grammar, but it comes across in such a way that you half believe Yogi is sitting in the room with you and just talking. Yogi does offer up a number of parallels between baseball and business, stressing the importance of true teamwork, loyalty, and the personal involvement and commitment of all involved, but most of the lessons he imparts here are lessons about life and the proper way to live it. All the inspiration and wisdom aside, though, I have to admit that what I enjoy the most is Yogi's baseball stories. Baseball was a different game back when Yogi was playing, and I'm sure I'm not the only fan whose love of the game has faded as the game has turned into an impersonal industry. Yogi represents baseball at its best.
I also enjoyed learning a little more about Yogi's personal life - heck, I didn't even know how he got the name Yogi before I read this book. Here's a kid born in St. Louis to first-generation immigrants who quit school after eighth grade and pursued a dream that many people said he would never attain. All he did was play on ten World Series championship teams, earn three MVP awards, and become one of the most-loved baseball heroes of all time - heck, I bet there are even some Red Sox fans who love Yogi. He is also a war hero, having fought in the D-Day landing at Normandy. (He also played a brain surgeon on an episode of General Hospital back in the early 1960s, as I was quite shocked to learn.) With all of his success, though, he has always been remarkably humble and quick to thank those who made his good fortune possible. He is a great role model for kids as well as adults, and we all can learn a great deal about life by heeding his practical advice.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fun .. Fascinating .. Well Worth Reading!
Comment: I bought this book for several reasons...#1 .. I had the pleasure of meeting Yogi Berra when he played a doctor on "General Hospital" where I worked as Casting Assistant. back in the early 60s. #2I bought it because I was on my way to meet the GREAT Bobby Doerr, Hall of Famer and thought it would be good to read on the trip .. It was a SUPER book...Since Bobby did not have it .. I left it with him to read .. I also had seen Yogi (Larry) on many TV shows talking about his book .. he mentions is part on "General Hospital" in it.. I loved the book and especially his lovely chapter on Joe DiMaggio! .. #3. Yogi Is Truly One of The Greatest!!! ... Anyone, who likes to read about baseball or just an interesting book will love reading Yogi's book .. The "Yogi-isms' alone are well worth it .. Again, what a great guy and sensational player, coach, manager... he has made an incredible mark in this world... and allowing us into his thoughts was truly wonderful.
Rating: 5
Summary: Straight talk from Yogi
Comment: This collection of short snippets of wisdom from Yogi Berra is an enjoyable and ,yes, profitable read. Yogi is a man of great integrity and dignity and those qualities shine through on every page of this simple and relatively quick read. Pick it up and read it on your next long flight.
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Title: The Yogi Book: "I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said" by Yogi Berra ISBN: 0761110909 Publisher: Workman Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: What Time Is It? You Mean Now? : Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All by Yogi Berra ISBN: 0743237684 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Wit and Wisdom of Yogi Berra by Phil Pepe, Whitey Ford ISBN: 1572434724 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Ten Rings : My Championship Seasons by Yogi Berra, Dave Kaplan ISBN: 0060513810 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Quotable Casey: The Wit, Wisdom, and Wacky Words of Casey Stengel, Baseball's Old Perfessor and Most Amazing Manager (Potent Quotables) by Casey Stengel, Fred McMane ISBN: 193124913X Publisher: Towlehouse Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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