I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
BOB UECKERAny teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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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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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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Baseball hasn’t forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven’t lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.
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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 think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment.
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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 had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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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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