I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
BOB UECKERIn 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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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 did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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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I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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 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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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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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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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