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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
Bob Uecker
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Bob Uecker
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: January 26
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Milwaukee City
Wisconsin
Robert George Bob Uecker
Robert George Uecker
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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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My kids used to do things to aggravate me, too. I'd take them to a game, and they'd want to come home with a different player.
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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 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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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 knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you've got to create it.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? 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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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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