'I was just pinching myself': Skip Griparis recalls playing opposite Bob Uecker in 'Major League'
Major League' was the first acting role ever for Skip Griparis, who played the soft-spoken sidekick to Bob Uecker's memorable ...
Bob Uecker Dies: Longtime MLB Announcer, ‘Mr. Belvedere’ & ‘Major League’ Actor & Pitchman Was 90
Bob Uecker died at 90. The Baseball Hall of Famer spent 54 years as a Milwaukee Brewers announcer and starred in 'Mr. Belvedere,' 'Major League' and beer ads.
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Baseball broadcasting legend and ‘Major League’ star dies at 90
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.
Chiefs owner Clark Hunt called as witness in NASL-MLS antitrust trial
Two days before the biggest game of the Kansas City Chiefs’ season, the team’s chairman and chief executive, Clark Hunt, sat ...
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Bob Uecker, Light-Hitting Catcher Turned Comic Actor and Broadcaster, Dies at 90
Uecker returned as Harry in Major League II (1994) and Major League: Back to the Minors (1998). Before all this, Uecker was a catcher (and a backup one at that) in the big leagues, playing with ...
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'I was just pinching myself': Skip Griparis recalls playing opposite Bob Uecker in 'Major League'
"I was just pinching myself." After wrapping "Major League II," which was released on March 30, 1994, Griparis said he'd occasionally see Uecker over the years at Wrigley Field when the Brewers ...
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‘Mr. Baseball’ Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer, dies at 90
and Major League II (1994) as crass announcer Harry Doyle for a down-and-out Cleveland Indians franchise that finds a way to become playoff contenders. “I’m part of American folklore ...