When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
BOB UECKERIf a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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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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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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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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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 spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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 did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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