I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it’s never at the expense of the other guy.
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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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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 knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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 spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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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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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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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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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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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