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(Originally written on 1-18-13)

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Yogi’s certainly not your average bear

Opinion by William Wilczewski

This column won’t be over ‘til it’s over.

Sorry, I couldn’t help but start it this way given the INCREDIBLE news I just heard and would like to share with you.

That news is that baseball great Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra is reported to be thinking about joining Twittersphere by starting a Twitter account.

Now that’s TWEET!

When I heard this on Tuesday, I was happier than slipping into a puddle of chocolate.

Why wouldn’t anyone be? I mean, Yogi was made for Twitter, right? I mean, short, concise (less than 140) words of jubilant wisdom just seems to seep out of him like hot molasses in the middle of Death Valley.

So, to start out, I went to some of his favorites from yogiberra.com.

Here’s what I mean:

1) “It ain't over 'til it's over”;

2) “Never answer an anonymous letter”;

3) “I usually take a two hour nap from one to four”;

4) “It's deja vu all over again”;

5) “When you come to a fork in the road ... take it”;

6) “I didn't really say everything I said”;

7) Yogi on the 1969 NY Mets ... “overwhelming underdogs”;

8) When asked what time is was ... “you mean now?";

9) On Yogi Berra day in St Louis, 1947 … “I want to thank you for making this day necessary”;

10) On why N.Y. lost the 1960 series to Pittsburgh … “We made too many wrong mistakes”;

11) “You can observe a lot by watching”;

12) “The future ain't what it used to be”;

13) “It gets late early out here”;

14) “If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be”; and finally

15) “If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.”

Does it get any better than that?

I suggest NO!

I hope you agree, unlike the powers-that-be when I suggested that Ruffles shouldn’t have ridges—but that’s a whole nother story.

Anyway, this news gave me an idea to come up with some Yogi-isms of my own. I’m not sure this has ever been tried before so bear with me (pun intended) …

1) It ain’t over until the fat lady starts singing;

2) Never answer a busy telephone;

3) My one to four nap can last 15 hours;

4) I’ve only experienced déjà vu twice—or was it four times?;

5) When you come to a fork in the road ... grab a knife and break for dinner!;

6) I never wrote this column;

7) On the 2013 NY Yankees … underwhelming favorites (of course);

8) When asked what time is was ... in what longitude?;

9) On “Ski” day in Nogales, 2013 … (The chance of this happening is as good as the chance that the Chicago Cubs will win the World Series—or next to nil);

10) On why N.Y. lost the 1960 series to Pittsburgh … MIRACLE;

11) Stevie Wonder can observe a lot by … well, never mind this one;

12) The future’s not so bright with Ray-Bans;

13) It gets early late out here (once again, of course);

14) The world would be more perfect if there were more Yogi Berras in it; and finally

15) If you didn’t read the rest of this column, you know what you missed!