I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.
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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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Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate.
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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 was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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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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 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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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 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 had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
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