Happy Birthday, Yogi!

Yes sir and ma'am! Wishing a very happy birthday, however posthumously, to the one and only Yogi Berra!

New York Yankees player, manager and coach Yogi Berra was born on this day in 1925 in our own St. Louis, Mo., and died at age 90 in 2015 in New Jersey, 69 years to the day after his MLB debut. The son of Italian immigrants, Pietro and Paulina Berra, he dropped out of school after the eighth grade and began working to help his family.

Christened Lawrence Peter Berra, he received the nickname "Yogi" from a friend who thought he resembled a yogi from India when he sat, arms and legs crossed, while waiting to bat.

Berra-isms, some of which he never uttered, live on. Or as he put it, “I never said some of the things I said.”

They’re too good to check, so here are 10 reminders from Berra to start the day (USA Today).

"Baseball is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical."

"The future ain’t what it used to be."

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

"You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you."

"You can observe a lot by just watching."

"It ain’t over till it’s over."

""We have deep depth."

"It’s like déjà vu all over again."

"A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore."

"All pitchers are liars or crybabies."

Most all of the above from "The Hill" today.

Link to yet more of those fantastic Yogi Berra-isms:

Yogi Berra quotes: The 50 greatest sayings from Yankees legend

Chris Rock on Baseball

He makes some good, even interesting and very legitimate points here:



They'd better listen.

Boston: In tribute

The antithesis of the Kansas City Royals with this owner

From Yahoo! Sports last evening:

Dodgers continue unprecedented spending spree

The most expensive team in sports history spent another $147 million on Saturday night. This came 3½ months after the Los Angeles Dodgers spent $250 million, which came two months after they spent $42 million, which came two weeks after they spent $85 million, which came eight months after they spent $160 million, which came less than 18 months after they filed for bankruptcy.

This is something unlike what the sports world ever has seen: a franchise with seemingly no limits.

What did I say?

The antithesis of the Kansas City Royals.

While the Dodgers and the Yankees--famously--will spend untold money on a great bullpen, our own Kansas City Royals, infamously owned by Walmart's spendthrift, David Glass and Company, will only suck money and profits OUT of the team--and our wallets, and not give a fig for wins or a winning season.

Want to make it even worse?

Look who the Dodgers gave their biggest salary to.

None other than former Royals player Zach Greineke.

Ow.

Does Johnny Damon sound familiar to anyone else here?

Link to original story: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/breaking-down-zack-greinke-signing-050340056.html

Two big hopes for the Royals today

--That they can play their game today against the Yankees at 1 pm, given this weather and

--That they win against them in this four game series for a total of 3 of 4 games won.

Yowza.

Good luck, men.

Our Royals: This moment in time

What can you say?

It's Saturday night. (Sort of. It's late Saturday. Actually, it's Sunday morning but forget that).

It was Cinco de Mayo Saturday. (Forget about going down Southwest Boulevard. Yikes. That was crazy).

It's a huge and very full moon.

So beautiful.

And what happens?

Our own Kansas City Royals Major League Baseball Team beat the illustrious New York Yankees---AGAIN.

5 to 1.

We're two of 3 games on them.

Sure, we have to play them one more time tomorrow afternoon but right now we're two up out of three games for having beat them.

Wow.

That's a stunner.

What a gift.

So, tomorrow?

If I had to bet, I'd say we're going down.

But hope?

Sure, I hope we win.

It seems doable all of a sudden.

We've won 6 of our last 9 games.

And we beat the Yankees.

Twice.

Maybe--hopefully--we can do it again tomorrow.

Here's hoping, ya'll.

Link: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/05/3596639/royals-beat-yankees-5-1-take-series.html

KC and Royals in NY Times by way of pitcher Tim Collins

Pretty cool.  We're in there by way of Mr. Collins statures, one physical, the other personal:

Rookie Aiming High

By PAT BORZI

At only 5 feet 7 inches, Tim Collins is attempting to join an exclusive club: short pitchers who have succeeded in the major leagues.

You might want to go check it out.

Enjoy what's left of your weekend, y'all.

Something we'd love to hear David Glass say

Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next. --George Steinbrenner RIP George. Love you or hate you, you were a winner and definitely one of a kind.

Now if we could just have revenue sharing in MLB

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies at 80 By RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP)—George Steinbrenner, who rebuilt the New York Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big bucks that polarized fans all across America, died Tuesday. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday July 4. Link to original post: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-obit-steinbrenner