Yogi & Carmen
65 years Yogi & Carmen were together.
She died this past week.
Poor Yogi.
And yes, I chose him in a Mets outfit because that was when I first learned about Yogi - during the 1973 World Series - we were rooting for them over the A's because Dad told us too.
Because of Yogi.
And he was a great Yankee of course, but this is about more than his 10 World Series rings.
(Yeah...10!!).
It's about a much greater accomplishment.
Living with a freaking woman for 65 years!!
Just kidding, there as well.
I just have a special place in my heart for people who are together that long. They become a part of one another. They are not quite complete if the other isn't around.
And it's sort of sad, isn't it?
That one continues forward alone for a time.
65 years they were married.
What a beautiful life.
And I know a guy who golfed with Yogi for a day and said he was sort of a sourpuss.
You can't base it all off one day, right?
But old Italian guys are sourpusses most of the time, I imagine.
(I'm headed down that pike for sure).
But just a moment for one of the Yankee greats.
May Carmen rest in peace.
65 years married trumps even the 10 rings.
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