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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.

Bob Uecker

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Bob Uecker
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: January 26
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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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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 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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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 played baseball I got death threats all the time--from my mother.
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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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I would order a dozen bats and there were times they'd come back with handles at each end.
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Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can't resist.
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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. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time - I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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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 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. Today you don't have to do that, because catchers' mitts are more like first baseman's gloves.
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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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They broke it to me gently. The manager came up to me before a game and told me they didn't allow visitors in the clubhouse.
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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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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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 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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