Today’s baseball players make a kajillion bucks a season. But did you know that back in the day even the “greats” had to work full-time jobs in the off-season in order to make ends meet?
Yup, Yogi Berra was a host in a restaurant when he wasn’t clobbering grand slams into the bleacher seats during baseball season. And he welcomed customers to that small restaurant in St. Louis with a sincere smile on his face, a hearty handshake– and did it without a trace of embarrassment or hidden hostility because he had to work during the off-season.
Something to think about when you’re feeling put upon to do something “extra” at work or at home. 
He was also the king of the malapropism, and here’s one of my fave Yogi quotes:
“A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”
–Yogi Berra
Today’s quote comes from Wave listener extraordinaire, George in Huntington Beach! He gave me a big chuckle when he phoned in this one:
“The lightning bug is brilliant, but he hasn’t any mind;
He stumbles through existence with his headlight on behind.”
–E.F. Ware
Thanks, G!
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Spring! It’s a beautiful thing. And something the poets just cannot resist. Not to mention the songwriters! Everyone falls in love…with something or someone during the spring. Here’s to the turn of the page and the beautiful season ahead. May you blossom under the springtime sun.
“Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.”
–Gustave Flaubert
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