Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
BOB UECKERWe 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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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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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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 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 hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.
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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 knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year… unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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