On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
BOB UECKEROn TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
BOB UECKERI hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.
BOB UECKERThe 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.
BOB UECKERYou throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
BOB UECKERCareer highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
BOB UECKERI just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
BOB UECKERHow do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
BOB UECKERI didn’t get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.
BOB UECKERI spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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.
BOB UECKERI knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
BOB UECKERIf a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
BOB UECKERHey, 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.
BOB UECKERWhere would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
BOB UECKERI 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.
BOB UECKERI had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
BOB UECKER