People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me.
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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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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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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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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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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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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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.
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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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.
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