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Bob Uecker Quotes

Total quotes: 19
“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, The Strike Zone
“Just a reminder, fans, comin’ up is our ‘Die-Hard Night’ here at the stadium. Free admission to anyone who was actually alive the last time the Indians won a pennant.”
— Harry Doyle, Major League
Tagged: Die-Hard, Cleveland Indians, Pennant
“Haywood swings and crushes this one toward South America. Tomlinson is gonna need a visa to catch this one, it is out of here, and there is nothing left but a vapor trail.”
— Harry Doyle, Major League
Tagged: Home Run, south america, Vapor Trail
“Heywood leads the league in most offensive categories, including nose hair. When this guy sneezes, he looks like a party favor.”
— Harry Doyle, Major League
Tagged: nose hair, party favor, Gross
“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.”
— Bob Uecker, Great Funny Quotes
Tagged: baseball, Failure
“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, Answer Man: Bob Uecker talks Mr. Belvedere, Miller Lite ads
Tagged: body hair
“I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for $3,000. That bothered my dad at the time because he didn't have that kind of dough. But he eventually scraped it up.”
— Bob Uecker, Uecker's in the Hall. Seriously.
Tagged: baseball, Failure
“One time, I got pulled over at four a.m. I was fined seventy-five dollars for being intoxicated and four-hundred for being with the Phillies.”
— Bob Uecker, Be My Baby Tonight
Tagged: DUI, Philadelphia, baseball
“They said I was such a great prospect that they were sending me to a winter league to sharpen up. When I stepped off the plane, I was in Greenland.”
— Bob Uecker, If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers
Tagged: baseball, Failure, Greenland
“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.”
— Bob Uecker, Answer Man: Bob Uecker talks Mr. Belvedere, Miller Lite ads
Tagged: baseball, Batting Averages
“In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the Bigs.”
— Bob Uecker, A Summer Up North
Tagged: baseball, Failure
“Gaylord Perry says that the day I hit a home run against him was the worst day of his whole life.”
— Bob Uecker
Tagged: Gaylord Perry, baseball, Fail
“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, Answer Man: Bob Uecker talks Mr. Belvedere, Miller Lite ads
Tagged: baseball, Hepatitis
“When I played baseball I got death threats all the time–from my mother.”
— Bob Uecker
Tagged: Death Threats, baseball, Failure
“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.”
— Bob Uecker, If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers
Tagged: baseball, Failure
“I had slumps that lasted into the winter.”
— Bob Uecker, A Summer Up North
Tagged: baseball
“I remember I’m batting against the Dodgers in Milwaukee. They led, 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two out, and the pitcher has a full count on me. I look over at the Dodgers dugout and they’re all in street clothes.”
— Bob Uecker, Baseball Eccentrics
Tagged: baseball, LA Dodgers, Failure
“I was acting when I was playing baseball.”
— Bob Uecker, Answer Man: Bob Uecker talks Mr. Belvedere, Miller Lite ads
Tagged: Acting, baseball
“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.”
— Bob Uecker, Coaching Youth Baseball- the Right Way
Tagged: baseball, Parenting, Little League, Failure
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