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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.
- Bob Uecker
#People
#See
#Stay
#Still
#Touch
You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
- Bob Uecker
#Batting
#Practice
#Sit
#Stay
#Whatever
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.
- Bob Uecker
#Baseball
#Lost
#Me
#Old
#People
People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time - I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
- Bob Uecker
#Long
#Me
#People
#Say
#Time
I was acting when I was playing baseball.
- Bob Uecker
#Acting
#Baseball
#Playing
I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed.
- Bob Uecker
#Fact
#Hope
#Never
#Records
#Will
I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
- Bob Uecker
#Had
#Lasted
#Winter
When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
- Bob Uecker
#Back
#Base
#Coach
#He
#Me
Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
- Bob Uecker
#Baseball
#Who Am I
#Who
#Without
#Would
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.
- Bob Uecker
#Ashes
#Bats
#Box
#Flame
#Me
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.
- Bob Uecker
#Accomplishment
#Big
#Easy
#Long
#Try
You 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 Uecker
#Know
#Once
#Time
#Two
#Year
I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.
- Bob Uecker
#Equipment
#Players
#Salary
#Think
#Top
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 Uecker
#Awards
#Day
#Did
#Me
#Once
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... I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
- Bob Uecker
#Baseball
#Bragging
#Done
#Go
#Television
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.
- Bob Uecker
#Easy
#Face
#Game
#Living
#Way
I 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. Today you don't have to do that, because catchers' mitts are more like first baseman's gloves.
- Bob Uecker
#Band
#Days
#Today
#Two
#Water
I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.
- Bob Uecker
#About
#Anything
#Career
#Laugh
#Weird
How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
- Bob Uecker
#Catch
#Go
#Rolling
#Up
#Wait
Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.
- Bob Uecker
#Companies
#Endorse
#Goods
#Me
#Pay
I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy.
- Bob Uecker
#Find
#Fun
#Humor
#Never
#Try
I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
- Bob Uecker
#Best
#Life
#My Life
#Three
#Years
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.
- Bob Uecker
#Company
#Great
#Me
#Money
#Never
After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.
- Bob Uecker
#Anything
#Baseball
#Never
#Out
#Service
Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, 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.
- Bob Uecker
#Baseball
#Boy
#Capable
#Mine
#Proud
I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I've enjoyed doing the games. I don't ever go to the park where I don't have a good day. 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.
- Bob Uecker
#Day
#Fans
#Good Day
#Good
#Hope
Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship - and played a big part in that, too, letting the Cardinals inject me with hepatitis. Takes a big man to do that.
- Bob Uecker
#Big
#Did
#Man
#Me
#World
On TV the people can see it. On radio you've got to create it.
- Bob Uecker
#Create
#Got
#People
#Radio
#See
I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
- Bob Uecker
#Baseball
#Career
#Knew
#Over
#Picture
Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.
- Bob Uecker
#Behind
#Day
#Home
#Parents
#Right
#Sitting
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?
- Bob Uecker
#Clubhouse
#Explain
#Look
#Middle
#Women
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.
- Bob Uecker
#Ability
#Big
#People
#Play
#Way
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.
- Bob Uecker
#Get
#Grand
#He
#Hit
#Suitcase
Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
- Bob Uecker
#Against
#Career
#Mets
#Two
#Walk
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.
- Bob Uecker
#Bonus
#Man
#Modest
#Money
#Old Man
#Old
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. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
- Bob Uecker
#Car
#Game
#Lost
#Me
#Parents
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.
- Bob Uecker
#Bat
#Clothes
#Men
#Street
#Three
#Two
The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
- Bob Uecker
#Catch
#Rolling
#Up
#Wait
#Way
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