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.
BOB UECKERSure, 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?
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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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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I was acting when I was 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 slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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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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I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I’d put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band.
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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 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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