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Yogi Berra was so great, they named a cartoon character after him.

Jorge Posada is having the best season of his career. Is he the best catcher that the Yankees have ever had?

Yogi Berra made an early impression as a slugger of dubious catching skills. Over 17 years, he became a feared hitter as well as a universally admired receiver.

This well-illustrated biography of Charles Darwin focuses on the naturalist's personal life as well as his scientific achievements. It is brief but effective.

Allie Reynolds started the first game with the chance to clinch a tie for the pennant. The Yankees had an 8-0 lead in the ninth, but things were far from comfortable.

Although many catchers labor almost anonymously behind their masks, the contributions of the best of them have long been hailed. Some are among baseball's immortals.

The 1961 Yankees won the World Series in five games. Many fans believe that it had been an easy series. Beating the Cincinnati Reds was extremely difficult.

Would you rather have Albert Pujols or Orlando Hudson batting with the game on the line? How about Pujols or Aaron Rowand?

Many fans considered the 1961 Yankees a throwback to the legendary 1927 team of Ruth and Gehrig. They did hit more home runs, led by two contenders for Ruth's record.

Baseball has always been wracked with scandal: gambling, corking bats, steroids, spying. But perhaps no scandal in MLB history was worse than the Pittsburgh drug trials.

A mediocre Yankees righthander, in full view of America's baseball fans, makes history by retiring every batter in a World Series game.

With so many retired numbers, the New York Yankees may someday be the first team to have a player wear number 100.

Being an ex- teammate of Posada, Jeter, Pettitte, Rivera, and Farnsworth will have no effect., Joe's problem is starting pitching thinner than a young Twiggy.

There has been a dramatic decline in the offensive production of backstops after the age of thirty six.

Was there more team loyalty before free agency? Not according to former Yankees' first base star Bill "Moose" Skowron, who played in the 1950s and 1960s.

Ed Lopat teamed up with Allie Reynolds and Vic Raschi to give the Yankees three formidable starters who could match the Indians' BobFeller, Bob Lemon, and Early Wynn.

It might not have been apparent at the time, but Minnesota's Joe Mauer set the tone for his 2009 season when he smacked a home run in his first at bat of the season.

It's been said that truly great baseball players excel in the World Series. These players are the real cream of the crop among Fall Classic participants.

Even when an event is expected to be a slam dunk success, smart marketers accelerate their efforts to assure that it is.

The Yankees had to beat Toronto five consecutive times to win the Division title. They didn't.

The greatest New York Yankees of all time, position by position.

Jimmie Foxx was the first three time winner, and Alex Rodriguez is the most recent to accomplish the feat, but Barry Bonds has more MVP trophies than anyone else.

Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin were Yankees, but when Billy managed against them, Mickey wanted the Yankees to win.

The trail up Slieve Gullion takes the hiker to 1,880 feet above the Irish Sea affording views of the Mountains of Mourne, the Cooley peninsula and miles of green Armagh.

Everything you need to know about the perfect game. Well, almost.

The NL had Jackie Robinson, Campanella, Newcombe, Mays, Aaron, Banks, Frank Robinson, and Maury Wills. In 1963, the American League had Elston Howard.

Elston Howard, a great catcher, made an outstanding catch playing left field for the Yankees in the 1958 World Series. It led to the World Championship.

The "Whiz Kids" were an exciting, energetic, youthful club that captured the hearts of Philadelphia baseball fans like no team before -- or perhaps since.

In 1954, the World Champions overwhelmed a team that would finish 42 games out of first. In 2008, the struggling Yanks annihilated the team that won the 2007 Series.

Marianne Moore takes the post game analysis from a 1950's New York Yankees game, and transforms it into a free form poem about what is great about baseball.

Most were not famous at the time, but history would remember these writers, prophets, boxers and musicians more for what they would accomplish later than for the war.

Columbia Pictures is now looking to get into the CGI animation game with Surf's Up, a movie about surfing penguins.

Joe DiMaggio, Cal Ripken and Orel Hershiser head the list of Baseball's Longest and Most Important Streaks.

Barry Bonds has set some remarkable records. What is notable is not the fact that he set them, but that he broke the old marks by such a wide margin.

Every actor is faced with the challenge of being as mentally and physically present as possible during their audition in order to show themselves at their best.

The Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s produce images of great power hitting teams. That was not the case in 1908, when they were called the Superbas.

Remembering the writer/artist who paired with William Hanna to create such classic characters as Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, Tom & Jerry and the Flintstones.

Guidelines help writers develop articles, e-mail newsletters, brochures and other material to serve marketing strategies, promote corporate branding and generate sales.

Recorded during a time of personal upheaval, Climbing is the debut album from Matt Russell. Stripped musically and emotionally charged, it's available on Apology Records

Dusenberry developed GE's "bring good things to life" campaign, Pepsi's "new generation" slogan, the "New York Miracle" spots and Reagan's "Final Journey" documentary.

Ted Simmons' offensive numbers make him a worthy candidate for the Hall of Fame, but he has been passed over and now must rely on the Veteran's Committee for induction.

What began as a Subway Series eventually went transcontinental and continued to provide incomparable baseball thrills.

It took a record-breaking performance by the Cleveland Indians in 1954 to end a record-breaking run of success by the New York Yankees.

Ted Williams and Stan Musial were finishing up, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were reaching their peaks, while Frank and Brooks Robinson were just starting.

During his career, Mickey batted primarily third or fourth, but he also hit first, second, and fifth in the Yankees' batting order.

Joe DiMaggio had a great sophomore season, the Yankees usually bludgeoned the opposition, but Gehringer was voted the Most Valuable Player.

Sandy Koufax may have been the best left-handed pitcher of all time. Here are ten essential things that every baseball fan needs to know about the man.

On May 22, 1963 Mickey Mantle came within six feet of hitting a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium. Mickey hit a 2-2 Bill Fischer pitch off the upper facade in right field.

Babe Ruth still holds quite a few hitting records. But as the heroes of the New Dynasty get a little bit older, they are starting to amke their mark on Yankee history.

Neither Mike nor Jorge makes fans forget Sundberg, Ausmus, Johnny Estrada, or Brian Schneider, but Piazza was not as terrible a defensive catcher as some claim.