As memories of the late, great Yogi Berra flooded the baseball world on Wednesday morning, after news of Berra's death at 90 years old, one thing stood out.
It came to us from another legend of the game, Johnny Bench, who tweeted the telegram he got from Berra on July 16, 1980. The previous night, Bench had hit his 314th home run to pass Berra as the all-time home-run leader among catchers.
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@Johnny_Bench5
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@MLB @BaseballHall @Yankees Yogi sent me a telegram when I hit a HR to pass him, "I knew my record would stand until it was broken".
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@BaseballHall, the telegram Yogi sent me when I broke his home run record. @MLBNetwork #RIPYogi pic.twitter.com/ZibjSc9i9r
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We know a lot about the person Berra was in public — kind and magnetic with a humorous gift to gab. Turns out he was just the same in his private correspondence. "I always though the record would stand until it was broken," is a perfect Yogi-ism for the situation.
And a telegram to boot? Even better.
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