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Why? Because no catcher ever held a pitching staff together like Varitek. Not Roy Campanella. Not Bill Dickey. Not Yogi Berra . All of those catchers were phenomenal offensive players and that alone earned them a place in the Hall of Fame
couple of top-six MVP finishes and a career OPS+ of 123 (higher than Carlton Fisk and Gary Carter and right around Yogi Berra and Johnny Bench's career mark). He's borderline at worst. And he's really aged well as a hitter (as most high
pitches in this lineup and that Theo and the crew really like him, but Saltalamacchia has been a lot more Dale Berra than Yogi Berra in his 813 major-league at-bats. If everyone in the lineup is healthy Saltalamacchia can hit .220 and it won
with Reggie Jackson, Dave Winfield , Don Mattingly , Yogi Berra , Lou Pinella, become immortalized on "Seinfeld ..... was the Yankees dynasty of the 1990s and 2000s. Or ask Yogi Berra -- George begged the Yankees legend to stay on as manager
features part-timers such as Ramon Hernandez, Gregg Zaun, Yorvit Torrealaba and John Buck. The second coming of Yogi Berra isn’t exactly likely to be on the market. But, in a perfect world, the Sox would undoubtedly prefer to look internally to a replacement
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Varitek is third in all-time postseason starts (58) and games at catcher (62), behind Jorge Posada (106, 119) and Yogi Berra (61, 63). He was selected as winner of the Jackie Jensen Hustle Award from the Boston Chapter of the BBWAA in 1999
doing the right thing. And, in that regard, Lucchino and Henry failed Francona. This is George Steinbrenner stuff ( Yogi Berra didn’t show up at Yankee Stadium for a decade and a half after Steinbrenner fired him in 1985), just a perfect example
———————————————– * – Yogi Berra is the only player since 1950 to hit three walk-off home runs against Boston in his career. Eight players have hit two: Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson, Graig Nettles, Alex Rodriguez
t write the story before it’s written,” Palko said Wednesday in a conference call, channeling his inner- Yogi Berra . “It’s obviously comparisons and all that other stuff, but that’s not going to win the game – because it’s
among players 5’9″ or shorter (min. 1000 career PA): .865 – Roy Campanella .838 – Dustin Pedroia .837 – Kirby Puckett .833 – Yogi Berra .832 – Matt Stairs ———
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