Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
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 did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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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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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.
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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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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 think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment.
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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.
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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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