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?
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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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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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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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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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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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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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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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 used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I’d put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band.
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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 just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
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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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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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