American - Athlete | January 26, 1935 -
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
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On TV the people can see it. On radio you've got to create it.
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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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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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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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I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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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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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 spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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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.
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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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