Bob Uecker Quotes - Page 2

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• On TV the people can see it. On radio you've got to create it.

  Bob Uecker

  People, Radio, Tvs

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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.

  Bob Uecker

  Sports, Games, Tyrants

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• 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

  Brother, Home, Weekend

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• 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, Kids, Thinking

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• I had a .200 lifetime batting average in the major leagues, which tied me with another sports great averaging 200 or better for a ten-year period: Don Carter, one of our top bowlers.

  Bob Uecker

  Sports, Average, Years

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• They have Easter egg hunts in Philadelphia, and if the kids don't find the eggs, they get booed.

  Bob Uecker

  God, Easter, Kids

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• 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

  Fun, Guy, Trying

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• 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, Mean, Stuff

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• Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?

  Bob Uecker

  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.

  Bob Uecker

  Sports, Baseball, Games

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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.

  Bob Uecker

  Flames, Dozen, Bats

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• 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

  Sports, Women, Looks

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• Anyone with talent can play in the Major Leagues; for someone like me to stay around as long as I did, I think that's a much greater acheivement.

  Bob Uecker

  Thinking, Play, Long

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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

  Running, Years, People

  "Answer Man: Bob Uecker talks Mr. Belvedere, Miller Lite ads". Interview with David Brown, sports.yahoo.com. May 15, 2008.

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• 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

  Sports, Men, Years

  Interview with David Brown, sports.yahoo.com. May 15, 2008.

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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. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time - I would say eight to 10 cookouts.

  Bob Uecker

  Eight, Long, People

  Bill Schroeder, Drew Olson, Craig Counsell, Bob Uecker (2016). “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box”, p.51, Triumph Books

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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.

  Bob Uecker

  Sports, Hair, Grew

  Interview with David Brown, sports.yahoo.com. May 15, 2008.

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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.

  Bob Uecker

  Sports, Thinking, Years

  Bill Schroeder, Drew Olson, Craig Counsell, Bob Uecker (2016). “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box”, p.46, Triumph Books

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• My kids used to do things to aggravate me, too. I'd take them to a game, and they'd want to come home with a different player.

  Bob Uecker

  Sports, Home, Kids

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• I had slumps that lasted into the winter.

  Bob Uecker

  Sports, Winter, Slumps

  Bill Schroeder, Drew Olson, Craig Counsell, Bob Uecker (2016). “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box”, p.46, Triumph Books

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• After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.

  Bob Uecker

  Baseball, Wanted

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• 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

  Baseball, Couple, Two

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• 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

  Cheer, Team, Practice

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• I was acting when I was playing baseball.

  Bob Uecker

  Baseball, Acting, Playing Baseball

  "Answer Man: Bob Uecker talks Mr. Belvedere, Miller Lite ads". Interview with David Brown, sports.yahoo.com. May 15, 2008.

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• I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.

  Bob Uecker

  Careers, Laughing, Ignorant

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