I was acting when I was playing baseball.
BOB UECKERI 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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year… unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.
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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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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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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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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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