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.
BOB UECKERI 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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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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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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 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 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 think I set a terrific example of ‘Don’t do this’ and ‘Don’t do that.’ And that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of.
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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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Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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 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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing 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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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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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 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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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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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