On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
BOB UECKERYou throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.
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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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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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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game.
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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 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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I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
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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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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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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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