Events

	Come See Our New Exhibit GOING, GONE, GOODBYE There are multitudes of people who have indelible memories of Yankee Stadium, the home of so much glory and magic as the world’s grandest baseball cathedral, now in its 85th and final season. Only eight miles away, the circular and unspectacular Shea Stadium has produced a few tears and hours of enjoyment as an amazin’ baseball stage of its own for four-plus decades, now also awaiting demolition. Because of our ever-changing society, few things are constant. Even in baseball, where tradition and history are cerished, and storied stadiums seemeternal. But as the Yankees and Mets leave their longstanding home turfs for amenity-filled sports palaces, one notable sage of the New York baseball scene refuses to live in the past. Yogi Berra – who made Yankee Stadium his home office for over 30 years as legendary player, coach and manager, and Shea for 10 seasons as coach and manager – looks forward to the new evolutionary ballparks. “Why not? Nothing’s forever,” he says. That’s not to say, of course, Yogi doesn’t have his own reminiscences and perspectives of The House That Ruth Built, as well as that younger structure in Queen, adjacent to the old World Fair’s site. The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center takes a look back at Yankee and Shea Stadiums through Yogi’s eyes.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Mark Bavaro Booksigning
Former New York Giants great Mark Bavaro will sign copies of his new
novel Rough and Tumble. Books available at Museum. To pre-order:
(973) 655-2378.
6 p.m-8 p.m.

Thursday, October 23, 2008
Watch the World Series With Yogi
Watch the World Series With Yogi
A unique experience of enjoying a ballpark dinner and the company of the legendary Yogi Berra in the intimacy of the Museum’s theater while watching World Series Game 2. Guests receive an autographed souvenir; proceeds of event will benefit Museum’s education programs.
Tickets: $250.
To RSVP: (973) 655-2378.

Thursday, October 30, 2008
Your Kid and Sports: What Every Parent Should Know
Program examining issues such as measuring a child's athletic potential
and myths and truths of college scholarships. Panelists include Fred
Hill Sr., Rutgers University baseball coach; Bruce Harper, former NY
Jets star and director of Heroes & Cool Kids; Tara Rienecker, Montclair
State coordinator of student development for athletes; and Mike Sheppard
Jr., Seton Hall Prep baseball coach. Moderator is John McCarthy,
co-founder of Yogi Berra Museum Coaching Institute.
Fee: $5.
To RSVP: (973) 655-6891.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Cal Ripken Autograph Signing
Baseball icon Cal Ripken Jr., the all-time ironman of his sport, will sign autographs at the Museum in a special appearance. Pre-orders and mail orders are also available.
1 p.m.-3 p.m.
For info: (973) 655-2378.

Thursday, November 13, 2008
Ethics in Sports Journalism
Ethics in Sports Journalism
Program in collaboration with Montclair State’s Department of Broadcasting examining topical issues pertaining to print, broadcast and online journalists covering sports. Guest speakers are Kelly Whiteside of USA Today and Willie Weinbaum of ESPN.
1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Regular Museum admission.
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	Call: (973) 655-2378 for further information and reservations.