The loss of Uecker is a massive one for the baseball community (and for sports broadcasting as a while) as the legendary voice called Brewers games for over five decades. Uecker retired as the voice of the Brewers last season, over twenty years after he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.

Bob Uecker wasn't just a baseball guy — he was a guy who made baseball fun. And life, too. The Milwaukee Brewers legend, who died at 90 on Thursday, spent over five decades as the voice of his hometown team,

The baseball world reacted Thursday to the death of Bob Uecker, who gained more fame as a broadcaster and actor after his brief playing career ended.

"Juuust a bit outside." That quote by the great Bob Uecker will forever resonate with sports movie fans from his role as play-by-play announcer Harry Doyle in the film "Major League." He was best known as the voice of the Brewers for more than 50 years and for starring as George Owens in the 1980s sitcom "Mr.