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…
BOB UECKERI just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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 had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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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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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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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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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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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 saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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