Uecker, a baseball icon, television and movie funnyman and Hall of Fame Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer, died Thursday at ...
Bob Uecker parlayed a forgettable baseball career into comedic gold.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker “Mr. Baseball” and honors from the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 90. The ...
For those of us who watched, worked or played at Braves Field in the 1950s and early ’60s, Uecker’s passing brought back fond ...
I turned 13 during 1967’s Summer of Love. There was no time more eventful for a red-blooded American boy to become a teenager ...
The crane collapse at Miller Park in 1999 was one of those bad days. However, Uecker made sure the families of the ironworkers who died knew they weren’t alone.
He said he got to know Uecker as soon as he was hired and formed a connection with ‘Mr. Baseball’ right out of the gate. “Best part of my job was getting to see (Uecker) every day,” Murphy ...
Governor Tony Evers honors the late Bob Uecker, celebrating his legacy as "Mr. Baseball" in Wisconsin and beyond.
It must have been a local show, a tape-delayed interview, a game show, something. All I remember is my dad drawing my ...
No, he was simply Ueck, a classic baseball moniker given the culture’s unstoppable commitment to name contraction. Yet he also ironically and proudly wore the crown “Mr. Baseball,” which ...