The other half is physical.90 percent of the game is half-mental.
Not a baseball person but I know who he was. But I heard an interview today with someone associated with him. They said Yogi admitted on the Tonight Show with Carson that the whole "Yogism" thing started because of his tendency to swear in every sentence. When doing radio interviews he would catch himself before the curse and the correction would always come out with an awkward statement. This eventually became his schtick and he played into it. He was aware of a lot of what he was saying. I think he was a lot smarter than he appeared.
RIP Yogi. The best bad ball hitter in history. They were all strikes to Yogi and he more foul ball HRs than anyone.
Was having dinner in an Italian restaurant in Montclair and he and his wife Carman were also having dinner. My waiter told me that they come in every Thursday night (it was Thursday) and said that they were 2 of the nicest people he ever served. I was seated on the other side of the restaurant and i didn't talk to him but I was surprised at how short he was; looked to be about 5'7".