I was acting when I was playing baseball.
BOB UECKERHow do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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 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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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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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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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 had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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