I'm reading the book "October 1964" which is an account mostly of the Cards and Yankees seasons. And Bob Uecker is cracking me up....
Before Game 1 of the World Series, Bob shagged balls in the outfield with a Tuba....
He was commish of the Uecker League, a game played with pitchers taking batting practice. Bob Gibson was league champ.
Before the season, while the team was set for the team picture...Uecker was seated besides Bob Gibson and whispered something to him right before the picture was taken. A while later, Cards management had the picture retaken because Gibson and Uecker were holding hands with big goofy smiles on their faces.
But the best.....
Bob developed a card game he played called "Ugly". Turns out Uecker had friends in the Philadelphia police department, and whenever a particularly grim-looking man or women would get their mug shot taken, Bob got a copy of it and placed it into his deck. When he got 52 cards, he invented Ugly...which was played like Hearts. 4 people each laid down a card and the ugliest card played won the other 3.
A truly funny guy, I'm gonna have to look for his autobiography.
Before Game 1 of the World Series, Bob shagged balls in the outfield with a Tuba....
He was commish of the Uecker League, a game played with pitchers taking batting practice. Bob Gibson was league champ.
Before the season, while the team was set for the team picture...Uecker was seated besides Bob Gibson and whispered something to him right before the picture was taken. A while later, Cards management had the picture retaken because Gibson and Uecker were holding hands with big goofy smiles on their faces.
But the best.....
Bob developed a card game he played called "Ugly". Turns out Uecker had friends in the Philadelphia police department, and whenever a particularly grim-looking man or women would get their mug shot taken, Bob got a copy of it and placed it into his deck. When he got 52 cards, he invented Ugly...which was played like Hearts. 4 people each laid down a card and the ugliest card played won the other 3.
A truly funny guy, I'm gonna have to look for his autobiography.
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