Monday, September 12, 2011

1972 Topps Yogi Berra


After Gil Hodges suffered a heart attack at a golf outing with other Mets coaches days before the start of the 1972 season, Yogi Berra was named manager. He managed the Mets to their third straight 3rd place finish with 83 wins each of those seasons. The following year Yogi's Mets would go to the World Series with just 82 wins in the regular season.

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