Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
BOB UECKERWhere would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
BOB UECKERI knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
BOB UECKERIn 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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.
BOB UECKERWhen 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 UECKEROn TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
BOB UECKERI set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
BOB UECKERI 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.
BOB UECKERI think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment.
BOB UECKERI 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.
BOB UECKERHey, 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 UECKERSure, 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?
BOB UECKERAfter getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
BOB UECKERPeople have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me.
BOB UECKERDepending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
BOB UECKERWe 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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