Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball.
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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Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
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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.
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me.
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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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How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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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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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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 was acting when I was playing baseball.
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Baseball hasn’t forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven’t lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.
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