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.
BOB UECKERThe 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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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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 had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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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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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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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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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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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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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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 was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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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Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate.
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Baseball hasn’t forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven’t lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.
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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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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