A quick Ask Roger Anything response for my old colleague Walter:
Here’s a baseball question for you, Rog. Someone supposedly asked Yogi Berra if he had been to a favorite restaurant lately. His reply was, “ Nobody goes there anymore because it’s too crowded.” Did he really say it?
He did, and repeatedly. But he didn’t say it first.
Per Quote Investigator, a site I recommend; “Berra has stated on multiple occasions that he did make this remark.” But check out a New York newspaper humor column called Sparklets from the December 1907 edition. “Oh, don’t go there on Saturday; it’s so frightfully crowded! Nobody goes there then!”
Yogi Berra was describing a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Or maybe New York City or St. Louis. The key term might be “popular” or “crowded,” depending on Yogi’s recollection at the time.
BTW, I was very angry when the Yankees fired him as manager when the team lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1964 World Series.
Links
Race in US History: 4 Facts Every American Should Know
Segregated by Design, a 17-minute video narrated by Richard Rothstein explaining the concepts of his book about redlining, The Color of Law.
Colorado’s Boebert Slammed for Invoking God After Mass Shooting Then Fundraising Off Their Deaths.
Prison Laborers Are Paid Pennies to Maintain the Prisons They’re Incarcerated In.
Sen. Raphael Warnock: “Politicians Are Trying To Cherry-pick Their Voters”
The Radicalization of Kevin Greeson – How one man went from attending President Barack Obama’s inauguration to dying in the mob protesting Donald Trump’s election loss during the Capitol insurrection.
What Makes a Good Conspiracy Theory?
Why you can’t compare Covid-19 vaccines.
Krispy Kreme giving away free donuts for showing vaccination cards.
Our Taxes Subsidize as Much as 74 Cents of Every Dollar Donated by a Billionaire
Is an Intelligent Cancel Culture Discussion Possible?
Weeping with WandaVision.
Yaphet Kotto, Magnetic Actor With A Long And Varied Career, Dies At 81.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, middleweight boxing great, dies at 66.
JEOPARDY guest hosts so far, including Oz.
Masked Singer’s The Snail unmasked.
I Am Tola (short story).
The lost tourist, who thought Maine was San Francisco.
Tadpoles: The Big Little Migration.
Now I Know: A Unique Way to Get Some Jewelry on the Cheap and Long Distance Love Birds and A Wales of a Mistake and A Fishy Way to Get a Free Meal.
Self-Help
The No-BS Guide to Setting Healthy Boundaries in Real Life and How to Set Healthy Boundaries: 10 Examples + PDF Worksheets.
How to Deal With Difficult People: 11 Steps.
Change Your Home to Boost Your Mental Health.
Eat Healthy on a Budget.
Wash Dishes For Better Brain Health.
Vlogbrothers: How Will Post Pandemic Behavior Change?
MUSIC
Reworking the ‘Hamilton’ Track to Promote Vaccines. I’m Not Throwing Away My Shot and Not Gonna Delay My Shot! and Parody: Pro-Vax vs Anti-Vax.
Journeys by Linda Robbins Coleman.
Marine Band Showcase.
Coverville 1350: Covers of Bands Born in 1971 and 1351: Alice In Chains Cover Story and Alice in Wonderland.
Sir Eglamore – Kate Rusby
Train In The Distance – Paul Simon.
The Spirituality Of Van Morrison.
In the Mood – Henhouse Five Plus Two.
Philosophy of the World – The Shaggs (full album, 1969). Is this the WORST album ever made?
my favorite apocryphal Yogi story. It was in the early 50s at a fancy party. Yogi was there, and so was Einstein. The reporters thought it would be interesting to get them together, which they did, without telling Yogi who the guy was. After the two talked for a while, the reporters asked Yogi what he thought of the old man. He said, “He was a nice guy, but when it comes to baseball he ain’t no Einstein.”
I met Yogi, he was naked at the time in the Yankee clubhouse. He was kind of crabby, not the cuddly guy the reporters made him out to be. Most of the Yankees I met were not like they were portrayed.