The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
BOB UECKERHow do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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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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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
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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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Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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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He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
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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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