Cy Morong writes about something the new documentary about Yogi Berra proposes, that his baseball prowess has been overlooked:

Berra was voted to start the All-Star game by the fans each year from 1950-57. Then players, coaches, and managers picked the starters after 1957. He was selected to start 3 more times then. So the fans, players, coaches, and managers did not overlook him

Berra got 67.2% of the Hall of Fame vote in his first year of eligibility. Then 85.6% the next year (75% is needed to make it). So those sports writers seemed to understand how good he was.

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I suspect the people close to Berra hear the jokes about Yogi’s malapropisms, and think people only know him for those. I suspect there are people like that, but I also suspect those people would not watch the documentary. Any one with a modicum of knowledge about the history of the game knows that Berra was a great catcher.