I was acting when I was playing baseball.
BOB UECKERI hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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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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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 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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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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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Today you don’t have to do that, because catchers’ mitts are more like first baseman’s gloves.
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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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Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television…
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Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.
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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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