My Dad, Yogi: A Memoir of Family and Baseball

To the general public, Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (1925–2015) was an amiable author of witty malapropisms ("It ain't over 'til it's over"; "90 percent of baseball is mental; the other half is physical"). To baseball fans, he was the legendary New York Yankee and three-time American League MVP, 18-time All-Star, and 13-time World Series Champion catcher, coach, and manager. But to author Dale Berra, Yogi's son, he was "the most humble man who's ever lived," with true feelings and pain under his lovable façade. Beyond his reputation as an exceptional hitter and catcher, Yogi was a beloved celebrity. He was also Dale's inspiration for getting sober after living with a cocaine addiction amid his own career with the Yankees in the 1980s. The mix of Yogi's career and stardom, Dale's admirably frank recollections of his drug use and personal struggles, and plenty of insider baseball details will most appeal to bleacher bums and fans of father and son stories.