I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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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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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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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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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Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate.
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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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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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 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 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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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 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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