Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee

The gripping biography of the legendary Hall-of-Famer and one of the most quotable figures in American culture. Yogi Berra is one of the most popular former athletes in American history, and the most quoted American since Abraham Lincoln. Part comedian, part feisty competitor, Berra is also the winningest player fourteen pennants, ten World Series, three MVPs in baseball history. In this revelatory biography, Allen Barra presents Yogis remarkable life as never seen before, from his childhood in Dago Hill, the Italian-American neighborhood in St. Louis, to his leading role on the 1949-53 Yankees, the only team to win five consecutive World Series, to the travails of the 64 pennant race, through his epic battles and final peace with George Steinbrenner.