Lindsay Berra: Growing Up with Baseball Legend Yogi Berra and the Emotional Documentary that Goes Beyond the “Yogisms”

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Lindsay Berra
Growing Up with Baseball Legend Yogi Berra and the Emotional Documentary that Goes Beyond the “Yogi-isms”

Lindsay Berra is a freelance sports journalist based in New Jersey. She is the oldest grandchild of Carmen and Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra and serves as an executive producer of the brand new documentary, IT AIN’T OVER, an intimate and revealing portrait of Yogi Berra. She currently creates content for Mustard, the pitching biomechanics app developed by Tom House, and contributes regularly to Men’s Health magazine. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Fast Company and The Sports Business Journal. Lindsay has also hosted the sports nutrition and training podcast Food of the Gods, been a national correspondent for the MLB, and a writer for ESPN Magazine.

We were delighted to get to talk with our friend Lindsay about the process of making a documentary about a larger than life baseball great through the lens of a journalist, fan, and adoring granddaughter.

For more info about Lindsay follow her on Twitter,  Instagram, and definitely check out IT AIN’T OVER,

Docs, Legends, and Knives mentioned in the episode: 

05:35  Knives Out: Long story short, Kelly loves knives, Lindsay lost a sentimental knife, Kelly sends Lindsay a new knife; Opinel
10:09  Reading glasses AND sunglasses, how? No one has answers.
12:30  Lindsay is here to talk about her new documentary, It Ain’t Over, about her Grampa Yogi
13:00  Lindsay’s background in athletics
14:45  Lindsay and Kelly’s origin story; Annie Thorisdottir
15:18  Lindsay played men’s hockey in highschool and college; Anson Dorrance
16:30  Growing up with Yogi Berra as your grandfather
18:30  Yogi’s personality ended up overshadowing his athletic career
20:22  Yogi’s stats are LEGENDARY; Joe DeMaggio
22:34  Before Yogi died, at the 2015 All Star Game, the “4 greatest living baseball players” were honored – Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Johnny Bench, Sandy Koufax – and Lindsay wondered why Yogi wasn’t included
26:45  What made Yogi so durable and resilient?
30:40  Carmen and Yogi’s meet cute at Biggie’s in St. Louis; Joe Garagiola
35:16  Uncle Dale’s story about Yogi
36:10  Believe you can deliver
38:43  Yogi said he was amphibious (read: ambidextrous)
36:30  The greatest generation
43:00  Yogi was beloved by so many that it is mind blowing
44:00  Yogi was one of the first athletes with product endorsements; Yoo-hoo
47:30  Yogi did commercials until he was about 85, like the Aflac commercial; Ron Guidry
48:40  Yogi was quoted by every American president since Gerald Ford
48:55  Lindsay’s favorite Yogi-isms
50:40  Lindsay is not a filmmaker
52:15  It Ain’t Over premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival
52:25  Even if you aren’t a baseball fan, this movie is about a lot more than baseball
55:40  Lindsay’s socials

Full Transcript

Sponsors

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. If you work out in the morning with only a little coffee on board, we have an experiment for you. Try drinking an LMNT in the morning before you train and watch how it transforms your session. Our bodies are driven on salt and you will perform and feel better. Right now, order through our link and you’ll receive a free sample pack with all of LMNT’s flavors. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

•

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. One thing we hadn’t expected with our Dock Pro is how useful it is when you are sick. Kelly was running a fever the other day and was able to warm up the bed when he was cold and cool it back down when he got hot again. Having absolute control of your bed temperature is game changing. If you want to get more quality sleep no matter what is going on in your environment, head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and wake up feeling refreshed, everyday!

•

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly always struggles to get enough protein each day with whole foods, so he supplements with a protein shake. He’s had issues with protein powders not making him feel very well, until he found Momentous. It doesn’t hurt his stomach and tastes really good. If you want to up your protein game, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.