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                                        The Yogi book: I really didn't say everything I said!, Workman Publishing, 1997, , p. 10.
Said on Yogi Berra day in 1947 in St. Louis. By his account, he asked a teammate to write a speech, and he misspoke, saying "necessary" instead of "possible." 
Yogiisms 
Variant: Thank you for making this day necessary.
                                    
 
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                            