Driving Mr. Yogi Read online

McLaughlin, Kevin

  Berra’s autograph signings, [>], [>], [>]

  Cooperstown (2011), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  frog legs, [>]

  McMullen, Jacqueline, [>]

  McMullen, John, [>], [>], [>]

  Meacham, Bobby, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Medwick, Joe, [>]

  Merrill, Carl (“Stump”)

  background, [>]–[>]

  baseball career, [>], [>]–[>]

  Berra and, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Berra/baseball spring training (2006), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Winnie (wife), [>]

  Michael, Gene, [>]

  Mitchell, Dale, [>]

  Monahan, Gene

  background, [>]

  Berra/Berra’s fall and, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Guidry and, [>]

  role with Yankees, [>], [>], [>]

  Munson, Thurman

  baseball career, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  death, [>], [>]

  Guidry and, [>]

  Thurman Munson Awards Dinner, [>]

  Murrow, Edward R., [>]

  Murti, Sweeny, [>]–[>]

  Musial, Stan, [>]

  Mussina, Mike, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Negron, Ray, [>], [>]

  Nelson, Rocky, [>]

  Nettles, Graig, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  New York Daily News, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  New York Times, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  New York Yankees

  following 9/11 attacks, [>]–[>]

  Jackson/Martin near brawl (1977), [>]–[>]

  Old-Timers’ Day (2010), [>], [>]

  Old-Timers’ Day history, [>]–[>]

  Red Sox rivalry (summary), [>]–[>]

  “subway series,” [>]–[>]

  training base location, [>], [>]

  Welcome Home Dinners, [>]

  See also specific events/individuals

  Nixon, Richard, [>]

  Obama, Barack, [>]

  O’Dell, Bettylou, [>]

  O’Donnell, Willie, [>]

  O’Neill, Paul, [>], [>]

  Ortiz, David, [>], [>]

  Palmer, Arnold, [>]

  Parnell, Mel, [>]

  Paul, Gabe, [>]–[>], [>]

  perfect games

  Cone/Yogi Berra Day, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Larsen, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Wells, [>]–[>], [>]

  Person to Person (Murrow), [>]

  Pesky, Johnny, [>], [>]

  Pettitte, Andy, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Piniella, Lou, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Podres, Johnny, [>], [>]

  Ponson, Sidney, [>]

  Posada, Jorge

  baseball career, [>], [>], [>]

  Berra and, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  frog legs and, [>]

  Positano, Rock, [>]

  Rags Guidry’s Cajun Cookbook (Roland Guidry), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Ramos, Pedro, [>]

  Randolph, Willie, [>], [>], [>]

  Raschi, Vic, [>], [>], [>]

  Reese, Pee Wee, [>]

  Reiser, Pete, [>]

  Reynolds, Allie, [>], [>]

  Rice, Jim, [>], [>]

  Richardson, Bobby, [>], [>]

  Richman, Arthur, [>]

  Rickey, Branch, [>]

  Rivera, Mariano (“Mo”)

  1993 spring training and, [>]–[>]

  background, [>]

  baseball career, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Berra and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Guidry and, [>]–[>]

  personality, [>]–[>], [>]

  surgery, [>]

  Yankees trading and, [>]

  Rivers, Mickey, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Rizzuto-Berra Lanes, Clifton, New Jersey, [>]

  Rizzuto, Cora, [>], [>]

  Rizzuto, Phil (“Scooter”)

  Berra and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  as broadcaster, [>]

  death, [>]–[>]

  Guidry and, [>]

  Hall of Fame, [>]

  wedding anniversary celebration, [>]

  Yogi Berra Day (1999), [>]

  Roberts, Leon, [>], [>]

  Robinson, Jackie, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Rose, Pete, [>]

  Rothschild, Larry, [>]

  Ruth, Babe, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Sabathia, CC, [>]

  Schmidt, Mike, [>], [>]

  Schnellenberger, Howard, [>]

  Schoendienst, Red, [>], [>]

  Scott, George, [>]

  September [>] attacks/aftermath, [>]–[>], [>]

  Sheehy, Pete, [>], [>]

  Sheppard, Bob, [>], [>]

  Showalter, Buck, [>]

  Skowron, Moose, [>]

  Snider, Duke, [>]

  Soriano, Alfonso, [>]–[>], [>]

  Sports Illustrated, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Sports Illustrated (1984 cover), [>], [>]

  Springsteen, Bruce, [>]

  Steinbrenner, George

  1981 baseball strike, [>]

  ban from baseball, [>]

  death/effects on others, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  firing Berra (1985), [>]

  Grambling campus/Guidry family food and, [>], [>]

  on Guidry, [>], [>]

  Guidry’s rabbit stew, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  health decline, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  illegal political contributions, [>]

  Merrill and, [>]–[>]

  military and, [>]

  monument to, [>]

  Old-Timers’ Day, [>]–[>]

  personality, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  trading Guidry and, [>]–[>], [>]

  Welcome Home Dinners, [>]

  Steinbrenner, George/Berra

  2000 spring training offer, [>]–[>]

  gifts to Berra’s museum, [>]–[>]

  radio show (1999), [>]

  reconciliation meeting/apology (1999), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  relationship after apology, [>]–[>]

  rift between, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Steinbrenner’s second-guessing, [>]

  tour of Yogi’s museum, [>]–[>]

  travels to meet Berra, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Steinbrenner, Hal, [>]

  Steinbrenner, Jessica, [>], [>]–[>]

  Stengel, Casey, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Sterling, John, [>]

  Stottlemyre, Mel

  1964 World Series, [>]

  Berra and, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  frog legs and, [>]

  health problems/return home, [>]

  Stringer, C. Vivian, [>]

  Summers, Bill, [>], [>]

  Swindal, Jennifer Steinbrenner, [>]–[>]

  Swisher, Nick

  Berra relationship, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Berra’s 2011 charity golf tournament, [>]–[>]

  Berra’s advice/effects, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  childhood, [>]

  grandparents, [>]

  Old-Timers’ Day and, [>], [>]

  personality, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Swisher, Steve, [>]

  Tampa Bay Buccaneers, [>]

  Teixeira, Mark, [>], [>]

  Terry, Ralph, [>], [>]

  Thompson, Robby, [>]

  Tidrow, Dick (“Dirt”), [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  TJ’s Place, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Topping, Dan, [>]

  Torre, Joe

  baseball career, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Berra and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Berra imitation, [>]

  Berra (naked) meeting friend of, [>]–[>]

  Diehl and, [>], [>]

  Guidry and, [>], [>]

  health, [>]–[>]

  Steinbrenner and,
[>]–[>]

  Yogi Berra Day (1999), [>]

  Torrez, Mike, [>], [>], [>]

  USS Bayfield, [>]

  Vázquez, Javier, [>]

  Vidro, Jose, [>]

  Vincent, Fay, [>]

  Virdon, Bill, [>]

  Waldman, Suzyn

  background, [>]

  Berra/Yankees’ Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony, [>], [>]

  Steinbrenner/Berra on radio show, [>]

  Steinbrenner/Berra reconciliation, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  WFAN radio station, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Yogi Berra Day (1999), [>]

  Wang, Chien-Ming, [>]

  Weiss, George, [>]

  Wells, David

  baseball career, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  perfect game, [>]–[>], [>]

  Wetteland, John, [>], [>]

  WFAN radio station, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Widger, Chris, [>]

  Wilhelm, Hoyt, [>]–[>]

  Williams, Bernie, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Williams, Ted

  baseball career, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Berra and, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  museum, Florida, [>]

  Williams, Travis, [>]

  Winfield, Dave, [>], [>]

  World Series

  1947, [>]–[>]

  1953, [>]

  1955, [>]–[>]

  1956, [>], [>]

  1960, [>]

  1961, [>]

  1962, [>]

  1963, [>], [>]

  1964, [>], [>]

  1976, [>]

  1977, [>]

  1978, [>]

  1996, [>]

  1998, [>], [>]

  2000, [>], [>]–[>]

  2001, [>]–[>], [>]

  2003, [>]–[>]

  2004, [>]–[>]

  2009, [>], [>]–[>]

  “subway series,” [>]–[>]

  World War II and Berra, [>], [>]–[>]

  Yankee Years, The (Torre), [>]

  Yastrzemski, Carl, [>]–[>], [>]

  Yogi Berra Day (1959), [>]

  Yogi Berra Day/game (1999), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, New Jersey

  description/collections, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  “Forgiving the Boss” section, [>]–[>]

  funding, [>], [>]

  panel discussion (1999), [>]–[>]

  Yogi Berra Stadium, New Jersey, [>]

  Yoo-hoo soft drink, [>]

  Youkilis, Kevin, [>]

  Zimmer, Don

  baseball career, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Berra and, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Martinez brawl, [>], [>]

  nickname, [>]

  physical shape, [>]–[>]

  Steinbrenner and, [>]

  Zito, Barry, [>]