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.
BOB UECKER
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.
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 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 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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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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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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 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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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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