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 UECKERI set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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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 had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
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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 spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television…
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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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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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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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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