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Our American Stories

Yogi Berra: An American Success Story (by George Will)

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6817 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, George Will's volume on baseball is one of the most acclaimed sports books ever written. Here he is to tell the story of Yankee's star, Yogi Berra.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:04.5

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0:07.1

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0:08.4

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0:11.1

I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet.

0:13.9

And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told.

0:17.4

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0:21.6

he built.

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0:27.3

And then boom, it's everywhere.

0:29.3

And that was that moment.

0:30.7

Listen to there are no girls on the internet on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:44.4

The podcast. This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories, the show where America is the star

0:50.7

and the American people.

0:53.4

Pulitzer Prize winning columnist George Will

0:55.3

has written extensively about baseball

0:57.4

and has said this about America's attraction to it.

1:01.1

Quote,

1:01.8

sports serves society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

1:06.9

One of those examples is New York Yankee catcher

1:09.4

and cultural icon, Yogi Berra.

1:11.6

Here's George Will.

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