Bob Uecker Quotes

I remember one time I'm batting against the Dodgers in Milwaukee. They lead, 2 - 1, it's the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two out and the pitcher has a full count on me. I look over to the Dodger dugout and they're all in street clothes.

I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.

They broke it to me gently. The manager came up to me before a game and told me they didn't allow visitors in the clubhouse.

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.

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.

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.

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. To last as long as I did with the skills I had, with the numbers I produced, was a triumph of the human spirit.

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.

The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper deck. When he got up and walked away, the crowd booed.

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.

People don't know this, but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it!

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.

I led the league in go get 'em next time.

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.

I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.

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.

Between me and my roommate, we've hit 400 Major League home runs.

When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.

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.

When I played baseball I got death threats all the time--from my mother.

Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.

I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed.

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.

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.