I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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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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Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate.
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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it’s never at the expense of the other guy.
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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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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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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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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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