I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn’t have that kinda money to put out.
BOB UECKERIf a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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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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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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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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