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.
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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Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.
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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 don’t like losing. But I don’t think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don’t think once.
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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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 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 had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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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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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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
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