I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
BOB UECKERYou throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.
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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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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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You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year… unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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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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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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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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 had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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