If you haven’t read “Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee” by Allen Barra, yet, you owe it to yourself to check this book out.

Simply put, Barra’s biography on Yogi is the definitive source on the life of this Yankees legend. It’s incredibly researched and covers every angle of Berra’s life. What I enjoyed most about it was the style in which Allen Barra paints this story. At times, the delivery comes across in a dissertation type manner. And, yet, at other times, Barra uses a narrative tone as if it were just you and he talking at the ballpark. However, also, there are times when the story is told via the use of advanced statistical analysis. Basically, there’s something for every type of baseball fan in this one – meaning the learned student of the game, the causal fan, or the sabermetric slanted seamhead.

While I feel this is a must read for every Yankees fan, in order to learn more about one of the greatest ever to work for the team, I also strongly recommend “Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee” to anyone who enjoys reading a thorough and entertaining telling of the fascinating life of a famous American historical figure.