I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
BOB UECKERI was acting when I was playing baseball.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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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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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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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 set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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