Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
BOB UECKERSporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
BOB UECKERI 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.
BOB UECKERI spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
BOB UECKERHey, 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.
BOB UECKERI 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.
BOB UECKERCareer highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
BOB UECKERHe 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.
BOB UECKERDepending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
BOB UECKERWhere would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
BOB UECKERIn 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
BOB UECKERI saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
BOB UECKEROn TV the people can see it. On radio you’ve got to create it.
BOB UECKERSure, 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?
BOB UECKERWhen 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.
BOB UECKERI did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
BOB UECKERPeople have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me.
BOB UECKER