On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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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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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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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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 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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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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I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
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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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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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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