The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
BOB UECKERI 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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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I think I set a terrific example of ‘Don’t do this’ and ‘Don’t do that.’ And that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of.
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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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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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I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
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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 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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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 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 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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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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