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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.

Bob Uecker

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment.
BOB UECKER

Ca Equipment Made Maybe Me Player Salary Sell Think Top
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.
BOB UECKER

Baseball Bullpen Game Just Lost Old People Thing Throw Time Timer
Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
BOB UECKER

Baseball Catcher First Glove Mitts More Today
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.
BOB UECKER

Bring Came Grand Manager Out People Slam Suitcase
You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
BOB UECKER

Bat Cheer Picher Practice Stay Team Warm Whatever
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.
BOB UECKER

Ability Able Anybody Big Feat Great League Out People Trick Way
After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
BOB UECKER

Anything Baseball Else Get Go Service Want
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.
BOB UECKER

Always Around Rbi September Something Stay Sure Try Writer
Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
BOB UECKER

Cookout Depend Eight Model Ten Time Use Weight
Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
BOB UECKER

Baseball Boy Capable Kind Mine Play Treatment
Let’s face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can’t resist.
BOB UECKER

Close Explain Face Happy Make Need Resist Suffer Umpiring
I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
BOB UECKER

Equaled Fact Get never Print Record Set
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.
BOB UECKER

Bad Day Ever Go Like Lose Once Park Think
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.
BOB UECKER

People See Six Stay Still Syndication Touch Year
I was acting when I was playing baseball.
BOB UECKER

Act Baseball Play
When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
BOB UECKER

Back Base Coach Look Me Third

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