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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.

Bob Uecker

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
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
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
Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate.
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Behind Brother Country Home Other People Pitch Plate Sit
Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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Baseball Where Without
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
If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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Every Forward Guy Hit Hundred Look Three Year
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
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
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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Ability Able Anybody Big Feat Great League Out People Trick Way
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
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

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