Posted on 03/22/2025 2:23:00 PM PDT by DFG
The world lost a baseball legend in January when Milwaukee Brewers announcer Bob Uecker died aged 90. He was the voice of the Brewers for over five decades and a late-night staple on Johnny Carson. He also did stints in movies and television.
We're certain the Brewers and MLB will do something to honor Uecker this season (in fact, this writer got tickets for Brewer's opening day just to be there for it).
The Wisconsin Assembly recently introduced and passed a resolution to honor Uecker and one state representative botched Uecker's famous home run call.
While introducing a resolution honoring the late Bob Uecker, Wisconsin State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde, a Democrat, fondly recalls listening to Uecker's signature home run call "Up, up, and away!"
(Uecker's call was actually "Get up! Get up! Get outta here!")
(Excerpt) Read more at twitchy.com ...
https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/david-keene/66543-obama-is-fake-baseball-fan/
Or when John F-in’ Kerry told us all how much he was into Manny Ortez and all those guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, the 5th Dimension of the Twight Zone.
Juuuust a bit outside.
Dems just can’t help making sh— up and pretending to wax nostalgia. Liars all of them
Or Ted Kennedy mentioned “Sammy Souser and Mike McGuire”.
Wherever he is, he’s sitting in the front row.
Miss ya Uke.
Greatest speech ever made when he was inducted into the hall of fame.
Not one note. It was all Uke.
Remember listening to Uke in a game where the Brewers were getting clobbered bad in the early innings. Nothing going on so Uke, who was the best at this, started telling stories, cover is the term for it. Out of the blue he said..”Why in the hell doesnt someone go down and tell the guys to get into an argument with the ump. We need some excitement up here.”
His approach to the game was that of a fan.
He loved baseball and joking and it showed.
I didn’t get to see him much, but he was my favorite.
Bob Uecker was a National Treasure.
Another game they got into a boring stretch and the opposing team sent out a pinch hitter. Uke say something like..Who’s this guy?” “What’s his batting average?” Ukes partner said..”Its higher than yours was.”
Complete silence.
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