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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.

Bob Uecker

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Bob Uecker
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: January 26
Actor
Baseball Player
Film Actor
Sports Commentator
Television Actor
Milwaukee City
Wisconsin
Robert George Bob Uecker
Robert George Uecker
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The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper deck. When he got up and walked away, the crowd booed.
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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 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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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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The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. 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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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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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 knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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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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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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When I played baseball I got death threats all the time--from my mother.
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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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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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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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 led the league in go get 'em next time.
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