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BOB UECKERI was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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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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On TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
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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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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 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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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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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 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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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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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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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on 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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