I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
BOB UECKERSure, 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?
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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 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 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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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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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The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game.
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I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
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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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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 knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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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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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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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 saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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I think I set a terrific example of ‘Don’t do this’ and ‘Don’t do that.’ And that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of.
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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 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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