At 2015’s All-Star Game, Major League Baseball honored the four greatest baseball players — as voted by fans — who were still alive. It was a majestic, emotional scene for many as Hank Aaron, Johnny Bench, Sandy Koufax and Willie Mays made their way out onto the field. But it only made Lindsay Berra angry.
Sitting next to her grandfather, Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, Lindsay joked about it as the two got ready to watch the game. But inside she was upset. Yes, Aaron, Bench, Koufax, and Mays were terrific players. But to omit her grandpa, who had 10 World Series rings — more than any of the quartet — to go with 18 All-Star appearances and three American League MVPs? It felt wrong. It felt like the world only knew him as the funny, oft-quoted baseball character and not as the greatest catcher of all time.
That’s exactly what “It Ain’t Over,” a documentary about Berra’s life and legacy, aims to fix. The film — whose title pays homage to one of Berra’s most famous Yogisms — traces Berra’s origins in St. Louis as a boy to his time serving in World War II to becoming a Yankees legend. It follows his love story with wife, Carmen, his son Dale’s cocaine problem and a feud with George Steinbrenner that kept the Yankees legend away from the Bronx for years.
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