Historical clue formulations

• Sports great who said "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be" — 2025-03-21
• "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore" quipper — 2024-11-08
• Baseball manager who once instructed his team to "Pair up in threes" — 2024-02-11
• Who famously said "I really didn't say everything I said" — 2022-04-09
• Three-time American League M.V.P. of the 1950s — 2021-05-16
• Yogi who said "You can observe a lot by just watching" — 2021-03-23
• Catcher with a record 10 World Series rings as a player — 2020-03-05
• "If you can't imitate him, don't copy him" speaker — 2019-06-23
• Yankee great Yogi — 2019-06-03
• Who once said "You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you" — 2018-11-04
• "It's déjà vu all over again" speaker — 2017-06-17
• He actually said "I really didn't say everything I said" — 2016-04-14
• The catcher in the wry? — 2016-01-14
• Yogi who said "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" — 2015-03-09
• Yogi in the New Jersey Hall of Fame — 2014-04-13
• "It gets late early out there" speaker — 2012-08-22
• Hall-of-Famer with 10 World Series rings — 2011-02-06
• Who said "It gets late early out there" — 2009-02-15
• He said "Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting" — 2007-10-24
• Catcher in the World Series' only perfect game — 2007-07-22
• Manager who led both the Yankees and Mets to pennants — 2006-07-19
• "It's déjà vu all over again" speaker — 2006-04-16
• Quotable Yogi — 2006-01-10
• See 17-Across — 2005-09-29
• "It ain't over till it's over" speaker — 2004-08-24
• "It ain't over till it's over" speaker — 2002-11-22
• Hall of Fame catcher — 2002-01-16
• Catcher in the wry? — 2001-11-25
• Baseballer noted for bon mots — 2001-10-10
• "It's déjà vu all over again" speaker — 2001-09-30
• Quotable Yankee — 2001-03-06
• Three-time A.L. M.V.P. — 1999-10-13
• Player in a record 75 World Series games — 1999-07-10
• A.L. M.V.P., 1951, 1954 and 1955 — 1999-04-18
• Oft-quoted Yogi — 1999-04-01
• Quotable catcher Yogi — 1998-12-21
• Hall-of-Famer Yogi — 1998-09-07
• He caught Larsen's perfect game — 1998-04-26
• "The game ain't over till it's over" speaker — 1997-05-11
• Yogi ____ — 1995-08-07
• Yankee Yogi — 1995-02-28
• Three-time American League M.V.P. — 1994-12-04