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 UECKERNot 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…
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.
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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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 chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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 slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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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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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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