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One Leg Up Honors Yogi Berra's War Time Efforts 80 Years Later On D-Day - Looking to Have One Leg Up At FanaticsFest in August · OneLegUpAlex Sports

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  Here's your host, Alex Garrett. Well, I was just looking at fanatics
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  Fest twenty twenty four and looks like Darryl Strawberry and Doc Gooden, whose names
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  are in the rafters, are going to be at fanatics Fest the weekend of
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  August seventeenth, So get your tickets in the link below. I'm a Fanatics
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  affiliate, so I figure I can talk about this for a moment, and
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  I wanted to join us on August seventeenth and eighteenth. It's going to be
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  a great weekend at the Javid Center. Tickets below, and you hope to
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  see you there on the fanatics Fest twenty twenty four in New York City.
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  The likes of Brady, Manning, Jeter and so many other legends gonna be
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  there with us on that day. So hopefully to get your tickets and join
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  us at fanatics Fest twenty twenty four. Now, but I signed a bit
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  out of breath. It's because I am. I'm very excited about this event
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  and that we might have the chance to meet some of these greats. Tom
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  Brady, Derek Cheater, I've seen him before, but man to reconnect with
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  him would be great. And then of course Doc and Daryl good friends as
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  well. Over the years, It's gonna be a fun weekend. I could
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  sense it in Javid Center and you can find that link below in the description
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  for Fanatics Vest. Now, while it's Fanatics Friday, I've got to say
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  yesterday was D Day, right. We covered that a little bit on the
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  podcast, and listen to Navy veteran in New York City Veteran Hall of Famer
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  Arthur Grabiner. But I looked this morning again at my Twitter feed and I
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  reposted this earlier yesterday. But Lindsay Bera, the Graham, daughter of Yogi
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  Bearra, posted about her grandfather and how her grandpa had an involvement very much
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  so with Normandy. She writes. On June sixth, nineteen forty four,
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  Seamen's second Class Lawrence P. Bearra was in a thirty six foot US Navy
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  LCSs off of Omaha Beach with orders to shoot anything that came below the clouds.
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  Eisenhower told us to go, so we went, Grandpa said, and
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  that was that for so many men. Hashtag never Forget D Day. Eighty
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  Yankees Yogi Bearra Museum, whom I reposted on my Instagram today said this about
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  the service of Yogi Bearra, who not only served the Navy, by the
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  way, and I should say, not only won ten rings as a Yankee
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  catcher, but served the Navy. Think about that, Yogi Bear Museum on
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  eighty years years ago today. On June sixth, nineteen forty four, second
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  classman, a second class Seaman, Lawrence P. Barra, participated in the
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  invasion of d Day As a gunner's mate. Yogi was responsible for the operation
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  and maintenance of all weapons and ordinance aboard a thirty six foot rocket boat,
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  while also manning one of the ship's mate machine guns throughout the mission. In
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  fact, they go on to say that the College Aretha Franklin in Jersey,
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  France, researched individual Americans who took part in the invasion, and they learned
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  about Yogi's US Navy's service and Yankee's career, then honored him on Omaha Beach
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  by etching Yogi in there in the sand. How cool is that? Go
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  follow Yogi Bear Museum, Go follow Lindsey Bearra for not just you know,
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  baseball Yogi, but the life of Yogi Berra. If you're so inclined to
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  it's a great She's a great follow. Yogi Bear Museum is historical and incredible.
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  And what's amazing to me is that Yogi was very much so honored yesterday
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  by not just the posts about him on D Day and his efforts while serving
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  our great country America. I mean, the fact that he took time away
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  to serve our country stands out maybe more to me than the ten rings he
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  won, because that's the kind of person. He truly was an amazing person
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  beyond the field. I got to know him over the years and I miss
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  him every day. I know he and Pop might be chatting up up there,
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  gotta say that, but he was always kind to my Dad and I
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  and I just want to say, Yogi, thank you for your service.
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  And I believe you were with the Yankees last night because on June sixth,
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  twenty twenty four, eighty years after Number eight stormed the Norman the beaches of
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  Normandy, right, he was part of that invasion to protect our world,
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  protect our country in World War two, eighty years after D Day, the
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  Yankees scored eight runs and extended their wind streak to eight. Think about that.
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  What number did Yogi bearwar? The number eight? And what was the
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  final score last night? In the Bronx. The Yanks won by the score
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  of get this eight to five, and they extended their win streak to eight.
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  That is Yogi Bear's spirit all over the stadium. Last it was almost
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  like Yogi Bear a Day all over again. And Yogi bear a Day was,
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  in fact twenty five years ago the night the day of the Perfect Game
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  by David Kohne. So, Yogi, thank you for your service, and
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  thank you for reading. Such a kind man, a kind gentleman, a
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  kind person to all around you. And it was an honor to get to
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  know you, and that you signed my book of Wit and know we miss
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  you, but we always think about Yogi. And for eighty years later,
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  the Yankees to score the same number that you wore. Now that's why I
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  wore the number segment right there, isn't it the number eight, Yogi's number
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  eight, And they won eight in a row on d Day where the number
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  eight was very much involved in the Normandy invasion. Thanks be to God.