No. 8 passes away at age 90 2:23 A look back at eight great moments from No. 8 Yogi Berra's career, including his induction into the Hall of Fame in 1972 Yogi Berra was so great, we forget how great he was.
Maybe that sounds like a bit of a Yogi-ism, but it's true. Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra was a legend whose celebrity and whose legacy far exceeded baseball. He served in the Navy during the D-Day invasion. He inspired a cartoon character. He was a Yoo-Hoo pitchman. His simple-yet-sage phrases made him, quite accidentally, one of the most quotable figures in history. And more than anything, this son of Italian immigrants who rose to the pinnacle of professional sports, served as the…
