For me, Conor Lamb's win was what Yogi Berra called "deja vu all over again." Forty-four years ago, another special congressional election was held in Southwestern Pennsylvania to fill a seat considered "safe Republican." This 1974 special election drew national attention as the first of five scheduled that year, seen as a referendum on Richard Nixon as Watergate unraveled. This year's race tested the president's popularity, considering that candidate Donald Trump won the district by nearly 20 points less than two years ago.

There have been 63 Hall of Fame players who also have managed in the major leagues. Three were in the original class of five Hall of Famers chosen for 1936: Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson.

Three more have been elected to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility and have managed in the majors:

Clarence Purfeerst was the Yogi Berra of the Minnesota Senate.

Correct me if Im right, he said once, or, If I make a mistake, let me know in advance.

When a matter in the Senate was postponed, he said, Well just let our predecessors figure it out.

A farmer from Faribault who served in the Senate for 21 years, Purfeerst died Sept. 25 at his home in St. Paul. He was 89.

BRIDGEPORT — Perhaps they’re taking their cues from the 1973 New York Mets.

You know, with Tug McGraw, the Met’s closer, rallying his mates with “Ya Gotta Believe” and Manager Yogi Berra telling the press “It’s ain’t over till its over.”

On Monday afternoon, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and New Haven Mayor Toni Harp announced they are pressing forward with a joint proposal to lure Amazon and its second national headquarters, along with 50,000 jobs, to “Bridgehaven.”

CROWN POINT — As famous New York Yankees hall of fame catcher Yogi Berra once said in all his wacky wisdom, “it was déjà vu all over again.”

Michigan City’s football team had a lead late in the fourth quarter of a Duneland Conference road game and had to count on the defense to make a play.

It happened at Valparaiso when the Vikings won the game on a touchdown pass with 14 seconds left.

It happened at La Porte just last week when the Slicers won on a Hail Mary TD pass as time expired.

This is just how ridiculous it has become to park in downtown Charleston:

The city is currently trying to find 30 parking spaces for a business that wants to set up shop downtown. You know, economic development. The company already has office space, but nowhere for its employees to drop their cars during the day.

City officials have been trying to solve this little problem for about a month.

Second-year Jefferson coach Edward Cardenas drew from the wisdom of baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra to drive home the next step the Mustangs must take.

“It’s not over until it’s over,” Cardenas said in the postgame address after the Mustangs (2-4, 2-2) escaped with a 34-28 win over Lanier (1-4, 1-2) on Oct. 6 at Alamo Stadium. “We have to realize that.”

A confused young man went to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist intently listened to his patient and then offered his insight.

"It appears to me you have trouble making decisions. Would you agree?"

The young man pondered for a moment and then responded, "Well, yes and no."

Many people struggle with making decisions. Whether the issue is personal or professional, the inability to decide on a course of action can ruin relationships or careers.

AUSTIN — Special prosecutors assigned to Attorney General Ken Paxton’s high-profile criminal securities fraud case pushed back against the Republican’s attempts to boot the judge from the case Tuesday, telling the 5th District Court of Appeals the move is unwarranted.

Forgive my frequent references to Richard Nixon. It’s just eerie how his impeachable behavior is being replicated by the current con man. As Yogi Berra reputedly said, “It’s like de’jevu all over again.”

Yogi Berra once said, “In theory there is no difference theory and practice in practice there is.”The quote itself doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, because sometimes baseball doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Pitchers can throw no hitters and lose, a pitcher can commit an error and the run won’t count against him — baseball can famously be random, weird and glorious all at the same time.Perhaps the pinnacle of all things random, weird and glorious came to a point in Portal Friday night in the...

COLUMBIA — Circuit Judge George James, who is a Citadel graduate, is the next S.C. Supreme Court justice after his path to the high court cleared in the past week.

The Legislature gave James their official stamp Wednesday during a joint session vote of the General Assembly.

"The people of the court have historically been able, intellectual and learned people, and I thought I that I could get in there some day," James said after the ceremony.

FLORHAM PARK — The Jets didn’t start handing out pink slips when their rocky season reached an undesirable 3-6 plateau.

Too soon for pink slips.

But if the Jets don’t drastically turn around their season, beginning with Sunday’s game against the Rams at MetLife Stadium, there will a lot of personnel who should be concerned about their futures.

As Yogi Berra would have said, "It’s getting dark awfully early" at 1 Jets Drive.

The late Yogi Berra was famous for saying the inexplicable. He once said of a popular restaurant, “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.” Sneaky smart, if you ask me. As it pertains to the 2016-17 version of the Carolina Hurricanes you can pick your favorite Yogi-ism because there was always a lot of wisdom hidden amid the fractured English.

It’s “Christmas Time in the City” or at least that’s the atmosphere Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas wants participants to experience at the 14th Annual Festival of Trees.

The organization will host its largest fundraising event of the year at 6 p.m. Nov. 18 at Salina Country Club, 2101 E. Country Club.

The country club will be decorated with beautiful trees, wreaths and quilts and provide attendees with a festive atmosphere with live Christmas music and a dinner buffet.

Once upon a time, Simon and Garfunkel sang: “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio; a nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Woo, woo, woo.” Joltin’ Joe, of course, had gone away (with a 56-game hitting streak that remains the gold standard for Major League Baseball hitters).

So Robert Cliff, of Coeur d’Alene, has turned to DiMaggio’s teammate Yogi Berra to get him through this fall of our nation’s discontent.