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 UECKEROn TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate.
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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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.
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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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Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.
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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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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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.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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 was acting when I was 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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Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me.
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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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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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