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.
BOB UECKERAfter getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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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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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.
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I was acting when I was 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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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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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 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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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