I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
BOB UECKERI hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I’ve enjoyed doing the games. I don’t ever go to the park where I don’t have a good day.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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.
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I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I’ve enjoyed doing the games. I don’t ever go to the park where I don’t have a good day.
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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 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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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 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 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 knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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