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You Can Observe a Lot by Watching: What I've Learned About Teamwork From the Yankees and Life | 
enlarge | Authors: Yogi Berra, Dave H. Kaplan Publisher: SpringWater Category: Book
List Price: $24.99 Buy New: $11.93 You Save: $13.06 (52%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 386385
Format: Audiobook, Cd Media: Audio CD Edition: Unabridged Number Of Items: 5 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 1598594109 Dewey Decimal Number: 796 EAN: 9781598594102 ASIN: 1598594109
Publication Date: July 1, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: BRAND NEW, FACTORY SEALED, WE GUARANTEE OUR PRODUCTS, SHIPS SAME OR NEXT DAY
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The Yankee great and bestselling author uses stories from his legendary career to show how to be a better team player. Yogi Berra is one of the most beloved and revered figures in all of baseball, and his humorously offbeat aphorisms such as "It ain't over 'til it's over" and "It's deja vu all over again" have endeared him to generations of baseball fans and non-fans alike. Like any Hall of Famer, Yogi Berra's on-field statistics are impressive and quantifiable. In addition, he has the intangibles that recently prompted sports historian Allen Barra to call him "the most valuable team player in sports." Nearly all the pitchers he worked with did better with him behind the plate. Time and again, he came through for his teams when it counted most, from incredible clutch hitting to outstanding fielding and handling of pitchers. What does it take to be a real team player, especially in a society that glorifies selfishness and a corporate culture that often uses "team player" as a buzzword, but rewards only the strong who survive? Drawing on the timeless wisdom that made his audiobook When You Come to the Fork in the Road, Take It! a New York Times bestseller, Yogi uses examples from his life and career to inspire people to make the right choices and become not only better team players, but better people. With the down-to-earth wit and insight that Yogi fans love, You Can Observe a Lot by Watching will be entertaining, informative, and inspiring.
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Yogi again surprise with his incite and real wisdom September 24, 2008 9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is a little different. It is not filled with Yogi quotes like in the book "I Never said half the things I said" but it does have his typical humor. It is a great book for a Yankee fan like me who followed and watch the great Yankee teams of the 50s and 60s that Yogi played on. The theme of the book is that too many modern players are selfish and that no matter how great an individual player might be it takes team work and unselfishness by the whole team to make a champion. Yogi describes this in players like Mantle, Ford, Reynolds and DiMaggio from his era but he also sees it in guys like Paul O'Neill and Scott Brosius from the 1998 Yankees, perhaps the best baseball team ever! I wasn't expecting it but Yogi also saw it in the 2004 Red Sox and pointed to an unselfish act by Tim Wakefield that he thought was the key to their comeback against the Yankees. It was not something that many fans or broadcasters would have noticed but Terry Francona and his Red Sox teammates did.
This is true Yogi! July 31, 2008 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
We need to have every young ballplayer read, and hopefully understand the message that Yogi is passing on based on his years of experience! Team work is as important now as it was back "in the day" and the young individuals of today need to understand that.
It is a great book, well worth the time to read.
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