Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
BOB UECKERCareer highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
BOB UECKERI knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
BOB UECKERI 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.
BOB UECKERWhere would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
BOB UECKERYou know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year… unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
BOB UECKERHow do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
BOB UECKERI 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.
BOB UECKERI set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
BOB UECKERWhen 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.
BOB UECKERSporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
BOB UECKERWe 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.
BOB UECKERNot 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…
BOB UECKERI did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
BOB UECKERI had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
BOB UECKERI make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it’s never at the expense of the other guy.
BOB UECKERIf a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?
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