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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.

Bob Uecker

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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Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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We 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.
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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 did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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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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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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 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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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