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 UECKERBefore 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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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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 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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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn’t have that kinda money to put out.
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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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Sure, 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?
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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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