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Yogi Berra is one of the most popular former athletes in American history, and the most quoted American since Abraham Lincoln. Part clown, part feisty competitor, Berra is also the winningest player (fourteen pennants, ten World Series, 3 MVPs) in baseball history. In this revelatory biography, Allen Barra presents Yogi’s remarkable life as never seen before with nearly one hundred photos and countless “Yogi-isms,” and offers hilarious insights into many of baseball’s greatest moments. From calling Don Larsen’s perfect game, to managing the 1973 “You Gotta Believe” New York Mets, Yogi’s life and career are a virtual cutaway view of our national pastime in the twentieth century.

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Allen Barra's real Yogi Berra is even more interesting than the legendary one. -- Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four Starred Review. A superior sports book. Count me among the Yankee haters who devoured this book. -- David Maraniss, author of Clemente

Count me among the Yankee haters who devoured this book. -- David Maraniss, author of <i>Clemente</i>

Starred Review. A superior sports book.

Starred Review. A superior sports book. -- Kirkus Reviews Count me among the Yankee haters who devoured this book. -- David Maraniss, author of Clemente Allen Barra's real Yogi Berra is even more interesting than the legendary one. -- Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four

Count me among the Yankee haters who devoured this book. --David Maraniss, author of Clemente

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Allen Barra is a sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal and the best-selling author of The Last Coach, Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee and Rickwood Field. His writing appears in the Washington Post, Salon, Playboy, and The Daily Beast. He lives in New Jersey.

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