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.

Robert George "Bob" Uecker (pron. He was the voice of the "head of Bob Uecker" in the Futurama episode "A Leela of Her Own. On October 14 2010 the Brewers announced Uecker would again undergo heart surgery this time to repair a tear at the site of his valve replacement.

: /ˈjuːkər/ EWK-ər; born January 26 1935) is a retired American Major League Baseball player later a sportscaster comedian and actor. Baseball" by TV talk show host Johnny Carson.