I was acting when I was playing baseball.
BOB UECKERI didn’t get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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 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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Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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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 saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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