How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
BOB UECKERI was acting when I was playing baseball.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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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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Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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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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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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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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Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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