I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
BOB UECKERWhen I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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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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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We were on for six years. We were in syndication for a while. It had its run. I still see the people from ‘Mr. Belvedere,’ too. We stay in touch.
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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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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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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 think I set a terrific example of ‘Don’t do this’ and ‘Don’t do that.’ And that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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 did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.
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I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.
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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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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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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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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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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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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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Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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