You throw batting practice,
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
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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
I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh. Bob Uecker
I was acting when I was playing baseball. Bob Uecker
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
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
I had slumps that lasted into the winter. Bob Uecker
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
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
After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else. Bob Uecker
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