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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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"[As the broadcaster Harry Doyle in the movie] Major League, ... just a bit outside."

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"In those days, your contract for the next year was based on your innings pitched."

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"The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then to pick it up."

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"When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me."

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"I led the league in "Go get 'em next time.""

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"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."

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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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"In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs."

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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 had slumps that lasted into the winter."

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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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"The MRI scan looked like I had swallowed a cantaloupe. It was an abdominal aortic aneurysm. I was shocked because, except for the back pain, I felt good."

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"It's been great. I'd like to do this again 50 years from now when I get to 100. Wherever I am, dig me up. Bring me back here. A couple times around the warning track and take me back to the hole where you picked me up."

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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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"The highlight of my career? In '67 with St. Louis, I walked with the bases loaded to drive in the winning run in an inter-squad game in spring training."

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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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"People don't know this but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it."

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"Career highlights? I had two. I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets."

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"I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed."

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