You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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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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Let’s face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can’t resist.
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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 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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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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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 did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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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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Baseball hasn’t forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven’t lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.
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People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me.
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