I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
BOB UECKERThe 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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship – and played a big part in that, too, letting the Cardinals inject me with hepatitis. Takes a big man to do that.
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Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television…
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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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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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I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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 slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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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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