I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment.
BOB UECKERThe way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
More Bob Uecker Quotes
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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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Hey, 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.
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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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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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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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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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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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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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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 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.
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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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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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