What the heck is this Yogi Berra photo?

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Well, that is interesting. Definitely looks photoshopped. My internet searches came up mostly empty EXCEPT it looks like you can buy one here:

https://www.historyforsale.com/yogi-...ograph/dc49420

I can not vouch for that site...it just came up in a google image search.

[luciobar1980]

Huh! Weird. What's also weird is that the sig on that one is identical to the one on mine, but placed differently. I mean it's definitely a repro signature.

[philliesfan]

Well I can tell you exactly what it is. I have the exact same one. It is from the 1980's. I wrote to him asking him to autograph two index cards. This is what I received in return instead of the cards. Scan to follow shortly.
Bob

[philliesfan]

Here is mine.
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[luciobar1980]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

Here is mine.
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Huh! Interesting. So yeah, maybe he was a spokeperson for Easton in those days and would mail this back to kids who asked for his autograph. It's funny that the signature is in a different spot in all these examples. Maybe it was a stamp?

[D. Bergin]

Yup, I'd guess it's a stamp.

[Exhibitman]

Those are Yankees' mail response TI's from the 1970s into the 1980s. They were these small photos with the prestamped autos. I wrote to some players in 1976-77 and got them. When I last found a trove of them at a show a decade or so ago they were mostly $2 per on up to about $10 for Munson and Jackson.

[D. Bergin]

I'd guess it's a 70's Easton bat from when Yogi was a Yankees coach. Maybe he was giving these away because he was a spokesperson of some sort for them.

I had many an Easton bat growing up playing Little League and Babe Ruth ball.