Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
BOB UECKERBaseball 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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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 had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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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 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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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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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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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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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 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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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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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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