Yogi Berra & Whitey Ford Original 11x14 George Brace Photo New York Yankee

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Yogi Berra & Whitey Ford Original 11x14 George Brace Photo New York Yankee:
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You are offerdingonan 11x14 inch Original George Brace NY Yankee photo printed by Mary Brace in the 1990s from the original negative....Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Lawrence Peter\"Yogi\"Berra(May 12, 1925– September 22, 2015) was an American professionalbaseballcatcher,manager, andcoachwho played 19 seasons inMajor League Baseball(MLB) (1946–63, 1965), all but the last for theNew York Yankees. An 18-timeAll-Starand 10-timeWorld Serieschampion as a player, Berra had a careerbatting averageof .285, while compiling 358home runsand 1,430runs batted in. He is one of only five players to win theAmerican LeagueMost Valuable Player Awardthree times. Widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history,[1]Berra was elected to theBaseball Hall of Famein1972.

A native ofSt. Louis, Berra signed with the Yankees in 1943 before serving in theU.S. NavyinWorld War II. Making his major-league debut in 1946, he was a mainstay in the Yankees\' lineup during the team\'s championship years in the 1940s and 1950s. Despite his short stature, Berra was apower hitterand strong defensive catcher. Berra caughtDon Larsen\'s perfect gamein the1956 World Series, the only perfect game in MLB postseason history. After playing 18 seasons with the Yankees, Berra retired following the 1963 season. He spent one season as their manager, then joined theNew York Metsin 1965 as coach (and briefly a player again). Berra remained with the Mets for the next decade, the latter four years of which were spent as their manager. Berra returned to the Yankees in 1976, coaching them for eight seasons and managing for two, before coaching theHouston Astros. He was one of seven managers to lead both American andNational Leagueteams to the World Series. As a player, coach, or manager, Berra appeared in 21World Series and won 13 of them.

The Yankeesretiredhis uniform number 8 in 1972 and honored him with a plaque inMonument Parkin 1988. Berra was named to theMLB All-Century Teamin a vote by fans in 1999. For the remainder of his life, he was closely involved with theYogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, which he opened on the campus ofMontclair State Universityin 1998. Berra, who quit school after the eighth grade,[2]was also known for hismalapropismsas well as pithy and paradoxical quotes, such as \"It ain\'t over \'til it\'s over\", while speaking to reporters. Simultaneously denying and confirming his reputation, Berra once stated, \"I really didn\'t say everything I said.\"[1][3]

Edward Charles \"Whitey\" Ford(born October 21, 1928),[1]nicknamed \"The Chairman of the Board\" is an American formerprofessional baseballpitcherwho spent his entire 16-yearMajor League Baseball(MLB) career with theNew York Yankees. He was voted into theBaseball Hall of Famein 1974.

Ford is a ten-timeMLB All-Starand six-timeWorld Serieschampion. Ford won both theCy Young AwardandWorld Series Most Valuable Player Awardin 1961. He led theAmerican Leagueinwinsthree times and inearned run averagetwice. The Yankees retired Ford\'suniform numberin his honor.

In the wake ofYogi Berra\'s 2015 death,George Vecseywriting in theNew York Times, suggested that Ford is now \"The Greatest Living longest-running operation of all the great early photographers,George Burke and George Brace covered baseball in one form or another for thebetter part of the 20th century—from 1929 to the 1990s. Their tenure had anauspicious beginning, to say the least. In 1929, Cubs manager Joe McCarthy andcatcher Gabby Hartnett sought out the ballclub’s previous photographer. Theycould only remember his last name, Burke, so they looked him up in the phonebook. A listing leapt out at them: studio photographer George C. Burke, whoseoffice was located near Wrigley Field. Thus began the baseball photographycareer of George Burke, who had no prior sports experience, and thus ended thecareer of photographer Francis Burke—the Cubs’ time-honored official cameramanand an unwitting victim of mistaken identity.

George Burke hired a young, baseball-knowledgeableassistant named George Brace, and the two soon became a Chicago institution. Ever-present at WrigleyField and Comiskey Park, Burke and Brace endeavored to amass a completeportfolio of player portraits—a daunting task made possible by the fact that Chicago was the only citywith both an American League and a National League franchise from 1929 all theway until Brace’s retirement in 1993. Nary a visiting ballplayer refused aquick sitting during Chicagohome stands. Some even stopped by Burke and Brace’s studio for additional, moreformal portraits. The tandem was also well-known for endearingly candidpre-game and off-the-field shots—proof positive that both photographers werealways welcomed by their famed subjects, embraced by them as friends at thestadium, at parties, in hotels, and on the street. The Sporting News,BaseballDigest and Who’s Who in the Major Leagues werejust a few of the publications in which Burke and Brace’s work frequentlyappeared.

In 1948, Burke suffered a heart attack. Bracecarried on the business for several years in order to offset his partner’smedical expenses. Then, upon Burke’s death in 1951, Brace reduced hiscommitment from a job to an all-encompassing hobby. Though no longer theirofficial photographer, he was still allowed full access by the Cubs and Soxorganizations. It was a privilege he would maintain up until his death, ahalf-century later. With the exception of time spent as a U.S. Army medic in the South Pacific duringWorld War II, Brace attended at least one game of every home series at WrigleyField and Comiskey Park throughout hisentire 65-year career. For many of those years, he worked late shifts or oddjobs that paid his expenses and wouldn’t conflict with the game schedule. Healways liked to arrive at the ballpark several hours early, when players werejust arriving and fans were nowhere to be seen. In 1994, his age finally caughtup with him. Worsening eyesight forced his retirement from this long-time laborof love. Brace followed baseball up until the end and also co-authored a book, The GameThat Was: The George Brace Photo Collection.

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