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[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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In addition, Uecker is himself is a character, a funny person -- that is, a "card".

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> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
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> > Or as "Uecker," because they're such cards?
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> Good job, Larry! Outstanding! Wonderful! Beautiful, actually!
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> For those over whose head this dynamite example of punning has gone:
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> Bob Uecker, who pronounces his name as "euchre," the same as the name of a game of _cards_, was once a catcher for the St. Louis
> Cardinals, a.k.a. the "_Cards_."
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> Got it?
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