Interviewing Yogi Berra
Dan Lovallo
Yard Goats broadcaster, college hoops, football. Podcasts: Baseball Discourse, The Sportscaster Dan Podcast; co-host Brad Field Weather.
I have had the opportunity to interview Hall of Fame baseball player Yogi Berra twice. In 1998, I interviewed Yogi on New Year's Day, while hosting a radio talk show. In 1973, I interviewed Yogi before a New York Mets game. At the time, he was the manager of the Mets and had just been inducted into the Hall of Fame the year before.
Yogi was not a man of many words, despite his so-called "Yogisms." Both times, however, he was very gracious.
In this podcast, you will hear both of these interviews.