Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift

✍ Scribed by Harvey, Araton

• Book ID: 107495822
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 695 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780547746722

✦ Synopsis

** Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift

Driving Mr. Yogi is the story of how a unique friendship between a pitcher and catcher is renewed every year. It began in 1999, when Berra was reunited with the Yankees after a long self-exile, the result of being unceremoniously fired by George Steinbrenner fourteen years before. A reconciliation between Berra and the Boss meant that Berra would attend spring training again. Guidry befriended ''Mr. Yogi'' instantly. After all, Berra had been a mentor in the clubhouse back when Guidry was pitching for the Yankees. Guidry knew the young players would benefit greatly from Mr. Yogi's encyclopedic knowledge of the game, just as Guidry had during his playing days. So he encouraged him to share his insights. Soon, an offhand batting tip from Mr. Yogi turned Nick Swisher's season around. Stories about handling a hitter like Ted Williams or catching Don Larsen's perfect game captured their imaginations. And in Yogi, Guidry found not just an elder companion or source of amusement he found a best friend.