If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
BOB UECKERHey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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Sure, women sportswriters look when they’re in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word?
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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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Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.
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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
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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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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year… unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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We were on for six years. We were in syndication for a while. It had its run. I still see the people from ‘Mr. Belvedere,’ too. We stay in touch.
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