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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.

Bob Uecker

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Bob Uecker
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: January 26
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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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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 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 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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I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I've enjoyed doing the games. I don't ever go to the park where I don't have a good day. I don't like losing. But I don't think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don't think once.
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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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Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship - and played a big part in that, too, letting the Cardinals inject me with hepatitis. Takes a big man to do that.
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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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I would order a dozen bats and there were times they'd come back with handles at each end.
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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 had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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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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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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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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I led the league in go get 'em next time.
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