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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.

Bob Uecker

I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.
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Ash Ask Box Country Dozen Fiame People Person Play Realize Sent Suggest Treat
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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Bad Day Ever Go Like Lose Once Park Think
I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
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Appeal Back Facial Grew Hair Just Like Me Through
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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Ca Equipment Made Maybe Me Player Salary Sell Think Top
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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Close Explain Face Happy Make Need Resist Suffer Umpiring
Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.
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Accomplish Around Big Deal Easy Guy Hard League Long Stay Think
I didn’t get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.
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Award Country Get Lot Once People Player
When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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Back Base Coach Look Me Third
I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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Act Baseball Play
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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Been Harm Know League Major Minor Once Player Time Two Unfortunately Year
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
Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate.
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Behind Brother Country Home Other People Pitch Plate Sit
I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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Anything Career Ignorant Laugh Stand Stuff Weird
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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Band Baseball Bucket Couple Day Mitts Rub Soak Two Use Water Wrap
I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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Day Folk More Saw Weekend Whole
Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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Baseball Catcher First Glove Mitts More Today

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