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Yogi's accomplishments obscured by his legend

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Yogi's accomplishments obscured by his legend

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  • Buster Olney, Senior Writer, ESPN Insider Close
    • Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com
    • Analyst/reporter ESPN television
    • Author of "The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty"
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Smiles emerged whenever Yogi Berra walked into the clubhouse at Yankee Stadium in the last years of his life. He was always cheery and sweetly blunt, and I can remember how he could make Paul O'Neill or Derek Jeter laugh, with what he said and how he said it, the part of his legacy that endures the most.