I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment.
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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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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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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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 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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Sure, 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?
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I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.
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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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