Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
BOB UECKERI was acting when I was playing baseball.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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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After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
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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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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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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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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 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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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 spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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