Yogi Berra and Johnny Pesky

Yogi Berra, freshman manager of the New York Yankees, and Johnny Pesky, sophomore pilot of the Boston Red Sox, gag it up before the opening game of the season in New York on April 16, 1964. As he shook hands, Pesky said: ?I wish you luck, Yogi--all bad.? Of course Yogi knew his more experienced rival didn?t mean it. (AP Photo/John Lindsay

Johnny Pesky

Johnny Pesky, Boston Red Sox shortstop in action on field in Boston on July 10, 1942. (AP Photo/Abe Fox)

Pesky

Boston Red Sox infielder Johnny Pesky is shown in Sarasota, Fla., during spring training on Feb. 26, 1952. (AP Photo)

Johnny Pesky and Dom DiMaggio

Johnny Pesky, Boston Red Sox infielder, left, honored with a "night" before the Red Sox-Chicago White Sox game in Boston on July 24, 1951, receive a plaque from teammates with Dom DiMaggio making the award. New England fans presented him with a new car during the ceremonies. (AP Photo)

Doerr Pesky

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Bobby Doerr, left, Boston Red Sox second baseman, is congratulated by shortstop Johnny Pesky in the clubhouse at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., July 1, 1951. Doerr got the 2,000th hit of his major league career during the Red Sox and New York Yankees game. The Yankees won 5-2. (AP Photo)

Red Sox Yankees Baseball

Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox left fielder, crosses home plate after hitting a home run in the first inning of the Red Sox against the New York Yankees game at Fenway Park in Boston, Oct. 2, 1948. Reaching out to congratulate William is the Red Sox third baseman Johnny Pesky, who scored on Ted's Homer. The blow, which put the Red Sox off to an early lead over the Yankee, proved to be the payoff blow, enough to eliminate the Yankees from the pennant chase, as the Yankees scored only one run in the game which the Sox won 5-1. (AP Photo/Abe Fox)

Cadets Williams And Pesky 1943

Aviation cadets Ted Williams, left, and Johnny Pesky, center, are welcomed at Bunker Hill, Indiana, Sept. 14, 1943, by Capt. D. D. Gurley, USNR, commanding officer of Bunker Hill Naval Air Station, as the two begin their primary flight training. Williams and Pesky ran one-two in 1942 American League batting averages with Boston Red Sox. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)

Williams Pesky

Wearing their U.S. Navy uniforms, outfielder Ted Williams, left, and shortstop Johnny Pesky watch the action from the dugout between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at Fenway Park in Boston, Ma. on April 27, 1943. The two former Red Sox players are visiting as U.S. Naval Aviation Cadets. (AP Photo)

Williams

Ted Williams, right, Boston Red Sox slugger, communicates with Johnny Pesky, Red Sox shortstop, during Naval aviation commissions training, with 29 other U.S. Navy V-5 enlistees, at Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., Dec. 1, 1942. (AP Photo)

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Johnny Pesky, a Louisville alumnus, now Boston Red Sox shortstop, chats with Vernon Stephens, St. Louis Browns shortstop, erstwhile Toledo player, during practice before Sox-browns game at Boston on May 2, 1942. Pesky is making a spot in the sun for himself in Joe Cronin’s former spot, while Stephens is being referred to as the rookie of the year. (AP Photo/PJC)