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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.

Bob Uecker

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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Company Contract Glove Great Lot Money Paid Shoe Stuff Use
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
You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
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Bat Cheer Picher Practice Stay Team Warm Whatever
I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment.
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Ca Equipment Made Maybe Me Player Salary Sell Think Top
I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it’s never at the expense of the other guy.
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Expense Find Fun Guy Humor Other Situation Thing Try
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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Bring Came Grand Manager Out People Slam Suitcase
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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Big Broadcast Championship Do Hepatitis League Man Play World
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
I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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Baseball Came Career Knew Out Picture
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
Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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Baseball Where Without
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
I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
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Equaled Fact Get never Print Record Set
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
Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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Company Endorse Good Product Sport
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

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