Yogiisms Don't Make Sense Till You Get Them
Quote: "I never knew Spider Man could get hurt, but he usually heals fast." Minnesota Twins center fielder Torii “Spider Man” Hunter, who injured his ankle in a game against the Boston Red Sox.
Figure of Speech: Yogiism (YOGE ee ism), the idiot savant figure (also spelled yogism)
What is it about baseball and illogic? Take Yogi Berra, the ageless manager and guru of contradictory wisdom. Every baseball writer can recite half a dozen yogiisms:
- “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”
- “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
- “You can observe a lot just by watching.”
- “It’s déjà vu all over again.”
- “If you don’t know where you are going, you will wind up someplace else.”
- “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”
Snappy Answer: "Who you talking about, Torii? Yourself, a cartoon character, or both?"
Advice to politicians - Always quote the great Yogi himself: “I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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"It's not the men in my life.
but the life in my men."
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