Talking About Yogi Berra: NYC, July 1

Yogi Berra, left. Lindsay Berra, right. (But you knew that) Thank you, NY Daily News

I’m proud to be on the program for the national convention of SABR, the invaluable baseball research group, on June 28-July 2, in New York City.

I’ll be on a panel about Yogi Berra – aptly titled “It Aint Over” -- with Dave Kaplan, Harvey Araton and Lindsay Berra, the oldest grand-daughter of Yogi and Carmen.

This means I can sit back and listen to Lindsay, a compelling presence who tells lovely stories about Yogi.

Kaplan, who founded the valuable Yogi Berra Museum in Montclair, N.J., and my pal Harvey, still writing great stuff in the Times in "retirement,” also knew Yogi well.

I'm sure I can talk a bit about  being a young reporter and asking a question of Yogi. Every so often my friend Big Al sends me an email, out of nowhere:

"Tell me, was Yoggalah some kind of clutch hitter?"

Just to rub it in to an aging Brooklyn fan.

Our time is 9:15 AM Saturday, July 1, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel at Grand Central Station.

SABR is an international treasure of well-researched articles about famous and obscure baseball people and is now a go-to source for analytics.

The program includes needs-no-introduction stars like: Jean Afterman, Claire Smith, Jim Bouton, Marty Appel, William Rhoden and John Thorn.

For information on schedule and rates, please see:

http://sabr.org/convention

For full program, please see:
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https://sabr.org/convention/sabr47-speakers​

Carmen and Yogi. They met when she was a waitress at Stan Musial's restaurant in St. Louis. But what was Yogi wearing that one might not wear to a restaurant? It's in my Musial biography, and I will be glad to tell the story if somebody asks at the panel. ​

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