The definitive biography of Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees icon, winner of 10 World Series championships, and the most-quoted player in baseball history Lawrence "Yogi" Berra was never supposed to become a major league ballplayer.
Yet baseball was his lifebloo.
Louis Browns of his youth said he\'d never make it in the big leagues.
Even the lowly St.
That\'s what Branch Rickey told him, too-right to Berra\'s face, in fact.
That\'s what his immigrant father told him.
The definitive biography of Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees icon, winner of 10 World Series championships, and the most-quoted player in baseball history Lawrence "Yogi" Berra was never supposed to become a major league ballplayer