Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
BOB UECKERThe 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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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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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 was acting when I was playing baseball.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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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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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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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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Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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