Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask by Jon Pessah. Little, Brown, and Company. 577 pages. 2020
****

I grew up as a New York Yankees fan, probably because in the 1960’s the Yankees were often on television on Saturday afternoons. There were no ESPN or regional sports networks on which all of a team’s games were broadcast. My favorite player was Mickey Mantle. I did not know much about Yogi Berra as he completed his Yankees career when I was still quite young.
I am glad I read Jon Pessah’s well-researched and enjoyable biography of Berra – the result of hundreds of hours of interviews with more than 150 people conducted during a more than four-year span. I had no idea how impressive Berra’s career was. He won thirteen (ten as a player and three as a coach) World Series championships, was a fifteen time All-Star and was the American League’s Most Valuable Player three times.

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