I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
BOB UECKERIf a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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 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 chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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 slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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 saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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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 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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