Monday, April 22, 2024

Yogi

 "An amazing bad-ball hitter, [Yogi] Berra was skilled at reaching for balls out of the strike zone and hitting them out of the park. Yet for all his aggressiveness at the plate, he rarely struck out - only 12 times in 597 at-bats in 1950."

- From The New York Yankees of the 1950s: Mantle, Stengel, Berra, and a Decade of Dominance by David Fischer

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