Editing Yogi Berra (section)

====Yankee manager and harmonica incident====
[[File:Yogi Berra 1969.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|Berra as the Mets' first base coach, [[1969 New York Mets season|1969]]]]
After spending {{mlby|1963}} as a player-coach—he appeared in 64 games (35 as a catcher and 29 as a pinch hitter, batting .293 in 164 at bats), and held down the Yankee's first-base coaching job otherwise—Berra retired as an active player after the [[1963 World Series]] and was immediately named to succeed [[Ralph Houk]] as manager of the Yankees.

The so-called [[Harmonica Incident]] occurred aboard the team bus in August 1964. Following a loss, infielder [[Phil Linz]] was playing his harmonica, and Berra ordered him to stop. Seated on the other end of the bus, Linz could not hear what Berra had said, and [[Mickey Mantle]] impishly informed Linz, "He said to play it louder." When Linz did so, an angry Berra slapped the harmonica out of his hands.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Ball Four | last = Bouton | first = Jim | year = 1970 | publisher = Wiley | location = New York | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3cgcAQAAIAAJ | isbn = 9780020306658 | access-date = October 9, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160424072547/https://books.google.com/books?id=3cgcAQAAIAAJ | archive-date = April 24, 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref>

All was apparently forgotten when the Yankees rode a September surge to return to the World Series, but the team lost to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in seven games, after which Berra was fired. Houk, who was general manager at the time, later said the decision to fire Berra was made in late August and that the incident with Linz had nothing to do with it. Although he did not elaborate, Houk said that he and the rest of the Yankee brain trust did not feel Berra was ready to manage.<ref name=Houk1965>{{cite news | title = Notes: His biggest mistake was Yogi, Houk says | last = Reichler | first = Joe | newspaper = [[The Tuscaloosa News]] | agency = Associated Press | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19650228&id=ZRQfAAAAIBAJ&pg=4087,3836543 | date = February 28, 1965 | access-date = July 14, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160506015253/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19650228&id=ZRQfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EJsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4087,3836543 | archive-date = May 6, 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref> Players, however, said the incident actually solidified his managerial authority and helped him lead them to the Series.<ref name="DeVito book">{{Cite book | title = Yogi: The Life & Times of an American Original | last1 = DeVito | first1 = Carlo | publisher = Triumph Books | page = 244 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3tD0AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA244 | date = 2014 | access-date = August 8, 2015 | isbn = 9781600789663 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160514083814/https://books.google.com/books?id=3tD0AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA244 | archive-date = May 14, 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref>