If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
BOB UECKERThe way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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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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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 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 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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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 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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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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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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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