You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
BOB UECKERI spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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Sure, women sportswriters look when they’re in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word?
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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 think I set a terrific example of ‘Don’t do this’ and ‘Don’t do that.’ And that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of.
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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game.
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