RIP Yogi Berra

"It ain't over til it's over." It's over.

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015)[1] was an American Major League Baseball(MLB) catcher, manager, and coach. He played almost his entire 19-year baseball career (1946–65) for the New York Yankees. He is widely regarded as one of the best catchers in baseball history.[2] He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
Berra was an All-Star for 15 seasons.[2] He is one of only four players to be named the Most Valuable Player of the American League three times and is one of seven managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series. As a player, coach, or manager, Berra appeared in 21 World Series and won 13 of them. He was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in a voting of fans in 1999.
Berra, who quit school after the eighth grade,[3] was also known for his pithy and paradoxical quotes, such as "It ain't over 'til it's over", while speaking to reporters. Simultaneously denying and confirming his reputation, Berra once stated, "I really didn't say everything I said."[2][4]

RIP BB King

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known by his stage name B.B. King, was an American Hall of Fame blues singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Rolling Stone ranked King number 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked number 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list).^[2] He was ranked No. 17 in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time".^[3] According to Edward M. Komara, King "introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmeringvibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed."^[4] King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues", and one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King).^[5][6][7] King was also known for performing tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing at more than 200 concerts per year on average into his 70s.^[8] In 1956, he reportedly appeared at 342 shows.^[9]

In 1990, King was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George H.W. Bush.^[10] In 2006, he received thePresidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush.^[11] He is widely regarded as one of the most influential blues guitarists of all time, inspiring countless other electric blues and blues rock guitarists.^[12] He died on May 14, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

2015 New Years Pick-Ups

With the first pick, Zack tried to pick Olivia de Havilland. Bryn decided the two-time Academy award winning, walk of fame star having actress wasn't famous enough. So Zack begrudgingly picked up Abe Vigoda and dropped Valerie Harper. Bryn dropped last year's pick Michael Schumacher to take Muhammad Ali. May he float like a butterfly forever.

Betty White Tumblers 2014 NYE Pick-Up

Reverend Billy Graham was the pick for Betty White Tumblers, but to do so, Zack dropped his namesake Betty White.

Steiney & The Bandits 2014 NYE Pick-Ups

With the first pick in the 2014 Death Pool pick-ups, Steiney & The Bandit selects comatose F1 Champion Michael Schumacher. They drop funny man Jerry Lewis.

Betty White Tumblers Fantasy Football Pick-up

Bryn and Zack made a side bet on the 2012 fantasy football season, with the winner getting an instant death pool pick-up at any time. Zack first tried to cash in the pick-up when that LA cop killer was holed up in a cabin, Bryn disallowed the pick-up. Zack reluctantly agreed, but then on March 6th he read that Valerie Harper had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, he picked her up and dropped John Madden. So, if John Madden dies first, that'll be a bizarre new Madden curse, won't it?

RIP/Rot in Hell Hugo Chavez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɣo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβes ˈfɾi.as]; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013)^[1] was the President of Venezuela, having held that position from 1999 until his death in 2013. On 30 June 2011, Chávez stated that he was recovering from an operation to remove an abscessed tumor with cancerous cells.^[5] He required a second operation in December 2012.^[6] Chávez was to have been sworn in on January 10, 2013, but the National Assembly of Venezuela agreed to postpone the inauguration to allow him time to recuperate and return from a third medical treatment trip to Cuba.^[7] Chavez died on March 5, 2013, at the age of 58.^[8