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.
BOB UECKERToday you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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 was acting when I was playing baseball.
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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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Sure, women sportswriters look when they’re in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word?
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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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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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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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 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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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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