I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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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I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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I didn’t get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.
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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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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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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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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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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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 had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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 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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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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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 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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He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
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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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People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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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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