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" After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else. "
Never
Service
Baseball
" 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. "
Ability
People
Play
" 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. "
Things
Boy
Baseball
" 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. "
Old
Baseball
People
" 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. "
Me
Years
World
" Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets. "
Against
Got
Out
" Hey, I think it's easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it's a much greater accomplishment. That's hard. "
Easy
Long
Think
" How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up. "
Rolling
You
Wait
" I didn't get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly. "
Me
Awards
Off
" I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh. "
Ignorant
Career
Anything
" 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. "
Forward
Look
Talk
" 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. "
Great
Money
Never
" 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. "
Me
Got
Flame
" I had slumps that lasted into the winter. "
Had
Winter
Lasted
" 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. "
Him
Manager
Off
" 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. "
Hope
Good
Day
" I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn't appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though. "
Facial
Back
Hair
" I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture. "
Over
Out
Baseball
" I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy. "
Try
Never
Humor
" In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs. "
Year
League
Player
" I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed. "
Hope
Fact
Never
" I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out. "
Old
Man
Modest
" I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade. "
Three
Years
Best
" I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment. "
Think
Salary
Players
" 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. "
Today
You
Water
" I was acting when I was playing baseball. "
Acting
Playing
Baseball
" 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. "
Easy
Living
Face
" Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do. "
Working
Television
Go
" On TV the people can see it. On radio you've got to create it. "
Radio
Create
Got
" 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. "
Last
Long
Me
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