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Aaron Rowand recalls funny story about Juan Uribe being bad with names

See ball, hit ball, know your teammates' names.

Former Giants infielder Juan Uribe proved fairly adept at the first two things on that list over the course of his 16-year MLB career. Apparently, though, he was never very good at the latter.

NBC Sports Chicago held a telethon Wednesday, during which a few Uribe stories were shared by some of his former teammates. Former Giants outfielder Aaron Rowand, who was Uribe's teammate for two seasons in San Francisco, recounted a Uribe memory from a past bus ride from the ballpark to the airport.

"I grabbed the mic and I told Uribe, 'We’re going to play a game.