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.
BOB UECKERI 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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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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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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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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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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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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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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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