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" After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else. "
Bob Uecker
Never
Service
Baseball
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" I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh. "
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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. 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. "
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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. "
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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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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Touch
See
Run
" On TV the people can see it. On radio you've got to create it. "
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Create
Got
" 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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Me
Got
Flame
" If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? 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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Look
Talk
" Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball? "
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Without
Where
Who
" 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. "
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Things
Boy
Baseball
" 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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Easy
Living
Face
" Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets. "
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Out
" Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products. "
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Me
Companies
Endorse
" 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. "
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Hope
Good
Day
" When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me. "
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Back
Turned
Third
" 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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Him
Manager
Off
" I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade. "
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Three
Years
Best
" 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. "
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Weekend
Parents
Home
" 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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Facial
Back
Hair
" 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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Two
Three
Clothes
" 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. "
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Old
Man
Modest
" 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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Me
Awards
Off
" 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. "
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Years
You
Year
" I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed. "
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Hope
Fact
Never
" I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture. "
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Over
Out
Baseball
" 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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Old
Baseball
People
" In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs. "
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