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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?

Bob Uecker

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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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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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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 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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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 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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Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship – and played a big part in that, too, letting the Cardinals inject me with hepatitis. Takes a big man to do that.
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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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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 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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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