Win One for the Uff-er
The Phillies are national league champs! And it is an amazing feeling, the last time we were here I was 16 years old. Like probably a million other Philadelphia fans I have been clinging to every once of Phillies news that I can.
Yesterday Anthony Gargano and Glen Macnow were doing dedications to previous Phillies players and staff that really made a difference over the years. It was a really great tribute. Since then callers have been calling in and dedicating this national league championship to certain friends and family. I thought this was a great idea because I have been thinking of someone ever since we won the game.
I want to dedicate this win to Joe Uff. Joe Uff is a hard guy to describe because it is hard to know where fact meets fiction. He was the local version of "Chuck Norris facts". If you know Joe even a little bit you probably have a story. He was a hilarious guy who loved to make people laugh, who loved his Philadelphia Sports Teams more than anything in the world.
Some of the classic Joe Uff Facts (possibly fiction too):
When Joe was in his later stages of his illness it was very difficult to think of things to talk about because I knew that the only thing he did all day was lay in a hospital bed. So we talked about the one subject he had no problem talking about…. The Phillies. He could talk at length about every player, about managerial decisions about who we should get before trade deadlines. He was on top of his stuff. He was also a walking StubHub. Joe had several seats at Citizen’s Bank park. It didn’t matter how sick he was or how frustrated he was about his illness, he was always trying to sell his tickets.
Mark Constan joked about Joe selling tickets in heaven: “I don’t care who ya are Ben Franklin, the seats are $1400 … take em or leave it.”
So this one is to Joe Uff! A one-of-a-kind guy, a super Phillies Fan and a great friend. Me miss ya bro…!
"sometime, when the team is up against it -- and the
breaks are beating the boys -- tell them to go out there
with all they got and win just one for the Uff-er”...
I don't know where I'll be then, Rock", he said - "but
I'll know about it - and I'll be happy."
Yesterday Anthony Gargano and Glen Macnow were doing dedications to previous Phillies players and staff that really made a difference over the years. It was a really great tribute. Since then callers have been calling in and dedicating this national league championship to certain friends and family. I thought this was a great idea because I have been thinking of someone ever since we won the game.
I want to dedicate this win to Joe Uff. Joe Uff is a hard guy to describe because it is hard to know where fact meets fiction. He was the local version of "Chuck Norris facts". If you know Joe even a little bit you probably have a story. He was a hilarious guy who loved to make people laugh, who loved his Philadelphia Sports Teams more than anything in the world.
Some of the classic Joe Uff Facts (possibly fiction too):
- Joe invented extreme sledding: (a team of nuts who attached wheels to sleds when there was no snow)
- Joe snuck his way into every Superbowl for 5 years in a row
- When your team won a championship and you bought the T-shirt on the way out of the stadium… you bought it from Joe.
- Joe made $80,000 by selling pins at the Olympics in Sydney
- Joe has a picture with every celebrity on E! Entertainment news (especially the drunks ones…. Charlie Sheen)
- Joe could calculate exactly how late you can arrive to a movie to miss the previews but never miss the opening credits.
- When Joe found out he had a week to live, he bought a fully loaded Chrysler 300 and drove down to Disney world with his family and closest friends
When Joe was in his later stages of his illness it was very difficult to think of things to talk about because I knew that the only thing he did all day was lay in a hospital bed. So we talked about the one subject he had no problem talking about…. The Phillies. He could talk at length about every player, about managerial decisions about who we should get before trade deadlines. He was on top of his stuff. He was also a walking StubHub. Joe had several seats at Citizen’s Bank park. It didn’t matter how sick he was or how frustrated he was about his illness, he was always trying to sell his tickets. Mark Constan joked about Joe selling tickets in heaven: “I don’t care who ya are Ben Franklin, the seats are $1400 … take em or leave it.”
So this one is to Joe Uff! A one-of-a-kind guy, a super Phillies Fan and a great friend. Me miss ya bro…!
"sometime, when the team is up against it -- and the
breaks are beating the boys -- tell them to go out there
with all they got and win just one for the Uff-er”...
I don't know where I'll be then, Rock", he said - "but
I'll know about it - and I'll be happy."
