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.
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 had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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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 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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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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I was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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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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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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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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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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.
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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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