Editing Yogi Berra (section)

====Coach of the New York Mets and Houston Astros====
Berra was immediately signed by the crosstown [[New York Mets]] as a coach. He also put in four cameo appearances as a catcher early in the season. His last at-bat came on May 9, 1965, three days shy of his 40th birthday. Berra stayed with the Mets as a coach under Stengel, [[Wes Westrum]], [[Salty Parker]], and [[Gil Hodges]] for the next seven seasons, including their 1969 World Series Championship season. He then became the team's manager in 1972, following Hodges' unexpected death in spring training.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Remembering 'Grampa' Yogi's Mets career | last = Berra | first = Lindsay | agency = MLB.com | url = http://m.mlb.com/news/article/53533004/ | date = July 12, 2013 | access-date = September 22, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923142157/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/53533004/ | archive-date = September 23, 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The following season looked like a disappointment at first. Injuries plagued the Mets throughout the season. Midway through the 1973 season, the Mets were stuck in last place but in a very tight divisional race. In July, when a reporter asked Yogi if the season was over, he replied, "It ain't over 'til it's over."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34324865|title=How people started saying 'It ain't over till it's over'|work=BBC.com|date=September 23, 2015|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216062330/http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34324865|archive-date=February 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

As the Mets' key players came back to the lineup, a late surge allowed them to win the NL East despite an 82–79 record, making it the only time from 1970 through 1980 that the NL East was not won by either their [[Mets–Phillies rivalry|rival]] [[Philadelphia Phillies]] or the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]].<ref name=ExclusiveReign>{{cite web |title = Notes: Phils–Pirates rivalry fading |last = Von Benko |first = George |publisher = Major League Baseball |website = Philadelphia Phillies |quote = From 1974 to 1980, the [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] and [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] won all seven National League East titles (Phillies four, Pirates three). |url = http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050707&content_id=1119893&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi |date = July 7, 2005 |access-date = January 3, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714103810/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050707&content_id=1119893&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi |archive-date = July 14, 2011 |df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=PiratesFirstThreePeat>{{Cite news | title = Pirates perform rare three-peat feat 4–2| newspaper = USA Today | page = 5C | quote = The Pirates...won three (NL East titles) in a row from 1970 to 1972. | date = September 28, 1992}}</ref> When the Mets faced the 99-win Cincinnati Reds in the [[1973 National League Championship Series]], a memorable fight erupted between [[Bud Harrelson]] and [[Pete Rose]] in the top of the fifth inning of game three. After the incident and the ensuing bench-clearing brawl had subsided, fans began throwing objects at Rose when he returned to his position in left field in the bottom half of the inning. [[Sparky Anderson]] pulled Rose and his Reds off the field until order was restored. When National League president [[Chub Feeney]] threatened the Mets with a forfeit, Berra walked out to left field with [[Willie Mays]], [[Tom Seaver]], [[Rusty Staub]], and [[Cleon Jones]] in order to plead with the fans to desist.<ref>{{cite web | title = Our World Fall 1973 Part 1 | publisher = [[YouTube]] | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyUXJ4Exlh8 | date = August 19, 2009 | access-date = August 15, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140522172939/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyUXJ4Exlh8 | archive-date = May 22, 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref> Yogi's Mets went on to defeat the highly favored "[[Big Red Machine]]" in five games to capture the NL pennant. It was Berra's second as a manager, one in each league. The Mets fell to the [[Oakland Athletics]] in the [[1973 World Series]], but they went the distance in a close, seven-game, series.<ref>{{Cite news | title = The 1973 Mets: A year to believe | last = Wright | first = Brian | agency = Amazin' Avenue | url = http://www.amazinavenue.com/2013/9/12/4686398/1973-mets-ya-gotta-believe | date = September 12, 2013 | access-date = September 22, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180132/http://www.amazinavenue.com/2013/9/12/4686398/1973-mets-ya-gotta-believe | archive-date = September 23, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref>

[[File:Yogi Berra 1981.JPG|thumb|Berra hitting with a [[Baseball bat#Fungo bat|fungo bat]] prior to a game in 1981]]
Berra's tenure as Mets manager ended with his firing on August 5, 1975. He had a record of 298 wins and 302 losses, which included the 1973 postseason. In 1976, he rejoined the Yankees as a coach. The team won its first of three consecutive AL titles, as well as the [[1977 World Series]] and [[1978 World Series]], and (as had been the case throughout his playing days) Berra's reputation as a lucky charm was reinforced. [[Casey Stengel]] once said of his catcher, "He'd fall in a sewer and come up with a gold watch."<ref>{{cite web | title = Yogi Berra Quotes | work = Baseball-Almanac.com | url = http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quoberra.shtml | access-date = August 15, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130911181941/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quoberra.shtml | archive-date = September 11, 2013 | url-status = live }}</ref> Berra was named Yankees manager before the 1984 season. Berra agreed to stay in the job for 1985 after receiving assurances that he would not be terminated, but impatient [[George Steinbrenner]] reneged, firing Berra anyway after the 16th game of the season. Moreover, instead of firing him personally, Steinbrenner dispatched [[Clyde King]] to deliver the news for him.<ref>{{cite web | title = The List: Steinbrenner's worst | last = Merron | first = Jeff | work = ESPN.com | url = https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/steinbrenner.html | date = June 16, 2003 | access-date = August 15, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105223110/http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/steinbrenner.html | archive-date = November 5, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref> The incident caused a rift between Berra and Steinbrenner that was not mended for almost 15 years.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Yogi and Boss End Feud Hug and Make Up at Berra's N.J. Museum | last = Bondy | first = Filip | newspaper = [[New York Daily News]] | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/yogi-boss-feud-hug-berra-n-museum-article-1.838194 | date = January 6, 1999 | access-date = September 24, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925113917/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/yogi-boss-feud-hug-berra-n-museum-article-1.838194 | archive-date = September 25, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref>

Berra joined the [[Houston Astros]] as bench coach in 1985,<ref>{{Cite news | title = Hall of Famer Yogi Berra joins Houston Astros staff | work = Kentucky New Era | date = November 19, 1985}}</ref> where he again made it to the [[1986 National League Championship Series|NLCS in 1986]]. The Astros lost the series in six games to the Mets.<ref>{{cite web | title = Revisit the '86 NLCS | work = ESPN.com | url = https://www.espn.com/page2/s/1986/revisit/nlcs.html | access-date = September 22, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151016061110/http://espn.go.com/page2/s/1986/revisit/nlcs.html | archive-date = October 16, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref> Berra remained a coach in Houston for three more years, retiring after the 1989 season.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Names in the News | newspaper = [[Los Angeles Times]] | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-26-sp-206-story.html | date = September 26, 1989 | access-date = September 22, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923175355/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-26/sports/sp-206_1_houston-astros-coach-yogi-berra | archive-date = September 23, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref> He finished his managerial career with a regular-season record of 484–444 and a playoff record of 9–10.<ref name="managerial record">{{cite web | title = Yogi Berra | publisher = Sports Reference | website = Baseball Reference | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/berrayo01.shtml | access-date = September 23, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924194753/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/berrayo01.shtml | archive-date = September 24, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref>

After George Steinbrenner ventured to Berra's home in New Jersey to apologize in person for having mishandled Berra's firing as Yankee manager, Berra ended his 14-year estrangement from the Yankee organization in 1999 and worked in spring-training camp with catcher [[Jorge Posada]].<ref name=Araton>{{Cite news | title = Posada Is Set to Help, as Berra Helped Him | edition = New York | last = Araton | first = Harvey | newspaper = The New York Times | page = B21 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/sports/baseball/jorge-posada-set-to-help-as-berra-once-helped-him.html?hpw | date = February 21, 2013 | access-date = February 28, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161007075253/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/sports/baseball/jorge-posada-set-to-help-as-berra-once-helped-him.html?hpw | archive-date = October 7, 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref>