I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I’d put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band.
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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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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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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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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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When 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.
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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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