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Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee

by Allen Barra

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Caedmon G said: " “Berra knew that he’d never have a better opportunity to cash in on his real worth. Shortly after the holidays, Yogi got his offer from George Weiss: $22,000, just 4,000 above what he had made in 1950 and, in fact, what he had asked for that year- pr “Berra knew that he’d never have a better opportunity to cash in on his real worth. Shortly after the holidays, Yogi got his offer from George Weiss: $22,000, just 4,000 above what he had made in 1950 and, in fact, what he had asked for that year- practically a case of deja vu all over again. The Yankee’s pitch was low and away: Berra wanted $40,000, or at least said he did, though he admitted later he would have settled for $30,000. But $40,000 was not unreasonable” (Barra 141). In this part of the book, it is talking about how yogi was wanting more money than what
he was getting.
This quote is from the book Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee on pages 141 and 142. This quote connects to the book because in the book Yogi Berra is never happy with what he has and he always wants more. To me, that is also the theme of this book. To never think that you have enough, cause you can always do better than that.
This book is a biography about Yogi Berra who was a very good baseball player and is written by Allen Barra. It starts by talking about his childhood. Yogi grew up in an Italian neighborhood in St. Louis called the Hill. He grew up loving baseball. At a certain age, he decided that he wanted to commit to baseball. He tried out for the cardinals. His favorite team at the time. He and his friend tried out and they both got offers and signing bonuses. But Yogi’s was offer was worth less money than his friend. So he was mad and did not accepts because he wanted more. So the Yankees got him what he wanted. Yogi ended up being a great baseball player. He won 3 MVP awards, won the World Series 10 times, and was one of the best catchers ever in baseball. Then he went on to coach for the Yankees and Mets. He won three more world series as a Manager.
My first like about this book was that Yogi’s character was described really well, and he was talked about with a lot of detail. I really felt like I knew him really well even though it was a biography. I was really glad it went through everything about his family history because that also helped me out with reading the book.
My second like about this book is how they gave a really good description of his childhood before they started to talk about his adulthood. This was very helpful because it helped me understand more about yogi as a kid.
My third like about this book was that it was on baseball. This book was pretty much all about baseball I really loved it. Because Baseball is my favorite sport I really knew more about what was going on in the book which really helped.
I really loved this book a lot so that is why I would recommend this book to people who like to read biograp0hy’s. Also to people who like baseball or for people who would like to learn more about baseball. If you really do not like these two things this book is not for you. ...more "

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