Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me.
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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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 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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He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
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Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate.
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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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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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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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