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catholic humor :: Article Creator Yogi Berra A Lesson In Weathering Frailties Through Humor Former New York Yankee Yogi Berra stands at home plate before the final regular season MLB American League baseball game at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 21, 2008. The Hall of Famer is the subject of a recently released documentary, "It Ain't Over." (Reuters photo/Mike Segar) Unfortunately, Yogi Berra never played for the Phillies. But he was a Catholic. At his funeral in 2015, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York reportedly compared Yogi and Pope Francis' humble beginnings, their humility and, jokingly, their large ears. An amiable and unpretentious man, the baseball Hall of Famer would have been delighted. Once, when told he was ugly, he responded, "So what? I don't hit with my face." This is Yogi's recollection of a conversation he had with Cardinal Francis Spellman, former archbishop of New York: "When I returned hom...