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This Day in Yankees History: Yogi Berra’s Thanksgiving potato prank

A very happy Thanksgiving to Yankees fans near and far! The crew here at Pinstripe Alley wish all of our readers a safe and socially-distanced holiday. For today, we’re serving up a special Turkey Day-themed anecdote from the annals of Yankees history. We hope you enjoy it.

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This Day in Yankees History (November 26)

35 Years Ago

On this day in 1985, Yogi Berra awoke in his Montclair, New Jersey home to a truck unloading potatoes on his front lawn. Twenty-three tons of potatoes, to be exact.