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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.

Bob Uecker

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.
BOB UECKER

People See Six Stay Still Syndication Touch Year
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.
BOB UECKER

Ability Able Anybody Big Feat Great League Out People Trick Way
Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
BOB UECKER

Career Highlight Intention Met People Rundown Two
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.
BOB UECKER

Bonus Kinda Modest Money Old Out People Sign
Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
BOB UECKER

Cookout Depend Eight Model Ten Time Use Weight
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.
BOB UECKER

Award Country Get Lot Once People Player
Let’s face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can’t resist.
BOB UECKER

Close Explain Face Happy Make Need Resist Suffer Umpiring
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.
BOB UECKER

Bad Day Ever Go Like Lose Once Park Think
I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment.
BOB UECKER

Ca Equipment Made Maybe Me Player Salary Sell Think Top
I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
BOB UECKER

Day Folk More Saw Weekend Whole
After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
BOB UECKER

Anything Baseball Else Get Go Service Want
When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
BOB UECKER

Back Base Coach Look Me Third
I 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 UECKER

Example Most One Proud Terrific Thing Think
The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
BOB UECKER

Catch Knuckleball Pick Roll Stop Until Up Way
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.
BOB UECKER

Baseball Bullpen Game Just Lost Old People Thing Throw Time Timer
Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
BOB UECKER

Baseball Catcher First Glove Mitts More Today

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