Posted on 01/16/2025 8:13:12 AM PST by DFG
Bob Uecker, the legendary radio voice of the Brewers who had called their games since 1971 and was nicknamed “Mr. Baseball,” died on Thursday, the team announced.
He was 90.
Uecker was beloved for his sense of humor and gained national acclaim for his role as announcer Harry Doyle in the “Major League” movies.
A Milwaukee native, Uecker was an MLB catcher for six seasons, playing his first two years with his hometown Milwaukee Braves and winning a World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1964.
Uecker was enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 as the winner of the Ford C. Frick Award, which honors a broadcaster every year.
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And now he IS in the front row.
Rodgers grabbing the ball at second
Holy crap look at the **** on that strumpet
and he throws to first for an out!
Great and funny guy. He’ll be missed. RIP Bob.
This...i dunno.
Great loss.
Awww man. Those were great commercials.
Rest in Peace, Bob, Thanks for the memories!..............
First I’d ever heard of him was when he was on Carson. He was hilarious. His dead pan, self-deprecating humor. Then I saw him on “Major League.” He was funny then, too.
Is he being buried with Mr. Belvedere?
When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team’s dugout and they were already in street clothes.
When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.
If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.
How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
BTTT
RIP Bob, I got his book, Catcher in the Wry, as a present back when I was a kid in high school and it was filled with all sorts of funny stories of the horseplay he and other players engaged in in both the minor and major leagues. Have been a fan since then.
“the man who made mediocrity famous”
“Juuuuuust a bit outside!”
RIP.
Bob Uecker on finding out he was being traded to another team:
“They broke it to me gently. The manager came up to me before a game and told me they didn’t allow visitors in the clubhouse.”
For all its faults I still love America’s Pastime.
I hope and pray it is still possible for the game to produce guys like Uecker.
Uecker was an “everyman” kinda guy.
He connected with us common folk.
Died at 90 still employed in the game that was his life.
A good and decent man with a life well led.
RIP
I always loved this gem.
“The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then to pick it up.” - Bob Uecker.
That was a great book. If anyone hasn’t read it, it is worth the time.
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