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.
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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Let’s face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can’t resist.
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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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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 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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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 spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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 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 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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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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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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 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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