In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
BOB UECKERI 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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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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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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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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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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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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Baseball hasn’t forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven’t lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.
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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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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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We were on for six years. We were in syndication for a while. It had its run. I still see the people from ‘Mr. Belvedere,’ too. We stay in touch.
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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