<P> Berra played 18 seasons with the Yankees . He spent the next season as their manager, then joined the New York Mets in 1965 as coach (and briefly a player again). Berra remained with the Mets for the next decade, serving the last four years as their manager . He returned to the Yankees in 1976, coaching them for eight seasons and managing for two, before coaching the Houston Astros . He was one of seven managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series . Berra appeared as a player, coach or manager in every one of the 13 World Series that New York baseball teams competed in from 1947 through 1981 . In all, he appeared in 22 World Series, 13 on the winning side . </P> <P> The Yankees retired his uniform number 8 in 1972; in an unusual twist, Bill Dickey also wore number 8, and both catchers had that number retired by the Yankees . The club honored him with a plaque in Monument Park in 1988 . Berra was named to the MLB All - Century Team in a vote by fans in 1999 . For the remainder of his life, he was closely involved with the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, which he opened on the campus of Montclair State University in 1998 . </P> <P> Berra quit school after the eighth grade . He was known for his malapropisms as well as pithy and paradoxical statements, such as "It ain't over' til it's over", while speaking to reporters . He once simultaneously denied and confirmed his reputation by stating, "I really didn't say everything I said ." </P> <P> Yogi Berra was born Lorenzo Pietro Berra in a primarily Italian neighborhood of St. Louis called "The Hill" to Italian immigrants Pietro and Paolina (née Longoni) Berra . Pietro was originally from Malvaglio near Milan in northern Italy; he arrived at Ellis Island on October 18, 1909 at the age of 23 . In a 2005 interview for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Berra said, "My father came over first . He came from the old country . And he didn't know what baseball was . He was ready to go to work . And then I had three other brothers and a sister . My brother and my mother came over later on . My two oldest brothers, they were born there--Mike and Tony . John and I and my sister Josie were born in St. Louis ." </P>

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