Baseball Quote by Bob Uecker Download Open image “When I played baseball I got death threats all the time--from my mother.” — Bob Uecker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Baseball Death Inspirational Mother Parenting Threat
The police came to me to say I had death threats and that I had to be careful! — Heather Mills Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older… — Babe Ruth Copy Share Image
I used to get a lot of death threats. After a while I realized that no one's gonna do anything or they would've. — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
My mom wanted me to play baseball. She didn't want me to play basketball. — Al Horford Copy Share Image
My mom's always asking me for hits and stolen bases and home runs and different things on Mother's Day and her birthday. — Trea Turner Copy Share Image
I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop. — Willie Stargell Copy Share Image
Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
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,… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment. — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
They have Easter egg hunts in Philadelphia, and if the kids don't find the eggs, they get booed. — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets. — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
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. — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
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… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
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… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to… — Gaylord Perry Copy Share Image
When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs. — Sammy Sosa Copy Share Image
Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be… — Pee Wee Reese Copy Share Image
Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
Pitchers pitch differently. Hitters, hardly anyone has the same stance. That's just how it is. — Ryan Zimmerman Copy Share Image
Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some… — Mookie Betts Copy Share Image
I don't want the electronic strike zone. I like the element of sometimes pitches don't get called. Guys don't receive it well or whatever… — Kyle Schwarber Copy Share Image
I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH to the National League. — George Brett Copy Share Image
In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really. I just… — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy… — Harry Caray Copy Share Image
When I step into the batters box. The fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
