Yankees Legend Yogi Berra Released From Hospital After Fall

Feb. 23: New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra, right, talks with Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, left, during a baseball spring training workout at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla. (AP)

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The New York Yankees say Yogi Berra has been released from a hospital after tripping and falling in the clubhouse before a spring training game.

The 85-year-old Hall of Famer was taken by ambulance to the hospital as a precaution around noon Thursday. The Yankees say he was released about 4 p.m.

Paramedics checked Berra at the ballpark before the Yankees played the Philadelphia Phillies.

General manager Brian Cashman says Berra caught one of his sneakers on the carpet and fell on his backside.

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