‘It Ain’t Over’ Documents Yogi Berra’s Amazing American Life

His quips are wonderful, but let’s remember Berra for his performance on the field.

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Circa 1955, the catcher for for the New York Yankees, Yogi Berra, swinging the bat during a baseball game. Getty Images

Opening in theaters Friday — the date of Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra’s birth in 1925 — “It Ain’t Over” shares the life of a baseball legend and D-Day veteran, separating the man from the caricatures to inspire audiences today.

“It Ain’t Over,” by Sony Pictures Classics, begins with cheers, but they’re not for Berra. They’re for the men that fans voted the greatest living players at Major League Baseball’s 2015 All-Star Game: Hank Aaron, Johnny Bench, Sandy Koufax, and Willie Mays.

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