I was acting when I was playing baseball.
BOB UECKERBaseball 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 hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I’ve enjoyed doing the games. I don’t ever go to the park where I don’t have a good day.
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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 had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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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