I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
BOB UECKERDepending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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 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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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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Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate.
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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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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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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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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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