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.
BOB UECKERCareer highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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 spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I’ve enjoyed doing the games. I don’t ever go to the park where I don’t have a good day.
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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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 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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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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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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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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 set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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