I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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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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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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 just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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The 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.
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