Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
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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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 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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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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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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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 was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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 had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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