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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.

Bob Uecker

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Bob Uecker
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: January 26
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Milwaukee City
Wisconsin
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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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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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I remember one time I'm batting against the Dodgers in Milwaukee. They lead, 2 - 1, it's the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two out and the pitcher has a full count on me. I look over to the Dodger dugout and they're all in street clothes.
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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you've got to create it.
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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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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 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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of 'Don't do this' and 'Don't do that.' And that's one of the things that I'm most proud of.
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I had slumps that lasted into 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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