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?
BOB UECKERI 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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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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I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
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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 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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team’s dugout and they were already in street clothes.
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