Word: yogi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dale Mitchell. He took a ball, then a called strike, missed a curve for strike two. He fouled another off and settled grimly in the batter's box. Larsen pitched. Mitchell checked his swing, watched the third strike whiz by. The crowd let out its breath and roared. Yogi Berra leaped into Larsen's arms. Don Larsen had pitched the first perfect major-league no* hitter in 34 years, and the first no-hitter-of any kind in World Series history...
...were the Yankees overloaded with apple-cheeked youth. Without Manager Charles Dillon Stengel, a swivel-tongued seer of 65, the Yankees would be just another ball club. Then there was Outfielder Hank Bauer, a hardened old pro at 34, and a veteran of six series. Catcher Yogi Berra was only 31, but already a squat relic of more series (seven) than any other player on either team. There was also a durable outfielder of 40 summers named Enos Bradsher Slaughter. Back in mid-August, old Case Stengel had squinted into the future and decided that once his Yanks...
BROOKLYN, Oct. 10--Slender Johnny Kucks beat Brooklyn with a three-hit shutout to win the World Series for the New York Yankees in the seventh game today with the backing of four home runs, including two by Yogi Berra and a grand slammer by Bill Skowron...
...seen in the great popularity enjoyed by the New York Yankees on their several tours through Japan. A question on the Yankees in Jimmy Jemail's "Hotbox" column in a recent Sports Illustrated brought an enthusiastic response from Japanese fans, one of whom even praised Yogi Berra for "looking like a Japanese...
While the National League leaders wore each other out, the high-riding Yankees began their last Western trip of the year as if it were a vacation. Mickey Mantle's chance of hitting 60 home runs had died in a late-summer slump; Yogi Berra had already hit the 237th homer of his career and broken Gabby Hartnett's record for major-league catchers. There was nothing left to worry about but playing baseball. The Yanks played like champs...