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BOB UECKERHe 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.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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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.
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The 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.
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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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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 knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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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.
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I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.
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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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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 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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I’ve enjoyed doing the games. I don’t ever go to the park where I don’t have a good day.
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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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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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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 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 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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