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.
BOB UECKERDepending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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 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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without 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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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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 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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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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