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Bob Uecker

Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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Let’s face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can’t resist.
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You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
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Bat Cheer Picher Practice Stay Team Warm Whatever
I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I’d put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band.
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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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Catch Kruckleball Pick Roll Stop Up
In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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I don’t like losing. But I don’t think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don’t think once.
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Baseball hasn’t forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven’t lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.
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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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Act Baseball Play
I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.
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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team’s dugout and they were already in street clothes.
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You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year… unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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Baseball Chance Do Really Stuff
I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment.
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