Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
BOB UECKEROn TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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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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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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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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I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn’t have that kinda money to put out.
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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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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 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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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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