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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.

Bob Uecker

Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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Baseball Catcher First Glove Mitts More Today
I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment.
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Ca Equipment Made Maybe Me Player Salary Sell Think Top
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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Captain Clubhouse Explain Middle Raed Sportswriter Story Sure Women Word
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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Bat Cheer Picher Practice Stay Team Warm Whatever
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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Ask Bat Hit Last Lot People Time
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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Been Harm Know League Major Minor Once Player Time Two Unfortunately Year
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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Bad Day Ever Go Like Lose Once Park Think
I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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Baseball Came Career Knew Out Picture
Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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Baseball Where Without
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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Day Enjoy Fan Game Hope Listen Much Park
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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Award Country Get Lot Once People Player
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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Accomplish Around Big Deal Easy Guy Hard League Long Stay Think
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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Already Came Cloth Dugout Look Men Ninth Street Team
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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Expense Find Fun Guy Humor Other Situation Thing Try
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.
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Bonus Kinda Modest Money Old Out People Sign
I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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Best Grade Life Spent Tenth Three Year
I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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Day Folk More Saw Weekend Whole
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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Appeal Back Facial Grew Hair Just Like Me Through
Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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Cookout Depend Eight Model Ten Time Use Weight
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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Career Highlight Intention Met People Rundown Two
How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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Catch Kruckleball Pick Roll Stop Up
The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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Catch Knuckleball Pick Roll Stop Until Up Way
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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Big Broadcast Championship Do Hepatitis League Man Play World
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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Ballplayer Biggest Bobby Championship Game Happen League Take Thrill
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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Bring Came Grand Manager Out People Slam Suitcase
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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Company Contract Glove Great Lot Money Paid Shoe Stuff Use
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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Ash Ask Box Country Dozen Fiame People Person Play Realize Sent Suggest Treat

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