When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
BOB UECKERI used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I’d put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band.
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 was acting when I was playing baseball.
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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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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 had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.
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I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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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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If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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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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Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
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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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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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I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
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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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