Baseball lost one of its finest alumni this week. On Tuesday, September 2nd, Yogi Berra died at the age of 90. I remember the glory days – the Yogi days – when Berra was a star player, manager, and coach. He was an 18-time All Star, a 10-time World Series champion, and one of only five players in history named Most Valuable Player three times.

But instead of running down his batting averages and super stats, I’d like to take a minute to remember some of our favorite “Yogi-isms” – the things he said that made us scratch our heads, or think a little bit, or just laugh out loud.

• "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
• "Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded."
• "Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
• "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."
• "We made too many wrong mistakes."
• "If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be." 
• "The future ain't what it used to be."
• And of course… "It ain't over till it's over."

But my favorite Yogi Berra quote of all time? “I never said most of the things I said.”

Who knows if he did or if he didn’t say all those crazy, funny, memorable things? What we do know is what Yogi Berra was to baseball and America: priceless in every way.