Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
BOB UECKERI make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it’s never at the expense of the other guy.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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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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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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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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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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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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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