He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
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More Bob Uecker Quotes
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Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship – and played a big part in that, too, letting the Cardinals inject me with hepatitis. Takes a big man to do that.
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Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.
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I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.
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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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I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn’t have that kinda money to put out.
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I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I’ve enjoyed doing the games. I don’t ever go to the park where I don’t have a good day.
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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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Let’s face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can’t resist.
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I didn’t get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.
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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate.
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I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.
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When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team’s dugout and they were already in street clothes.
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television…
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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.
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People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me.
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I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment.
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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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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