If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
BOB UECKERAfter getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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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 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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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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I don’t like losing. But I don’t think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don’t think once.
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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it’s never at the expense of the other guy.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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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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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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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 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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