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Last year ATF expanded the Yogi tracing studies to 27 cities. In February ATF added 10 more. Each Yogi city found unique patterns, but nearly all discovered the single biggest source of crime guns was the network of licensed dealers operating within their home states. The most important effect was to replace the hopelessness of the late '80s and early '90s with a confidence that the right measures aimed at the right targets could interrupt the flow of guns to the bad guys...
Yeah, right. Before everyone goes riding off into the sunset, I'm here to tell you that in the immortal words of Yogi Berra, it ain't over till it's over. And in the not-so-immortal words of James Carville, it'll never be over. I want to see our elected representatives get back to the business of the American people as much as the next guy, but first there are a few scores to settle. Democrats don't just have a chance to win elections by reminding folks what the Republicans have been up to--we have...
NAME: George ("the Boss") Steinbrenner AGE: 68 OCCUPATION: Yankee owner known for pink slips and helmet hair BEST PUCKER: Ended 14-year feud with Yogi Berra by telling him that having an underling fire Berra as manager in 1985 was "the worst mistake I've ever made in baseball...
NAME: Lawrence ("Yogi") Berra AGE: 73 OCCUPATION: Yankee Hall of Famer known for inadvertent drolleries BEST PUCKER: Said, inevitably, "It's over," accepted the Boss's apology and claimed he may show up at Yankee Stadium next season for the first time in 14 years...
...postseason is a magnification of the web of lesser dramas woven within the first 162 games. Each of these highlights illustrates Yogi Berra's timeless maxim, "It ain't over 'til it's over." True, the Red Sox surrendered Game Six in '86 to the Mets with none on and two out in the bottom of the tenth. This still cannot match the bewildering denouement of the Sox' home opener this year, when the Mariners breezed to a 7-2 lead after eight, then failed to record another out as seven Townies scored in the ninth...