If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
BOB UECKERBaseball 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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.
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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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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 had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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