Brewers Broadcaster Bob Uecker to be Inducted into Hall of Fame [Not the Onion!]

Milwaukee Journal Sentinal ^ | March 13, 2003 | Drew Olsen

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Bob Uecker is headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

He was announced Thursday as the winner of the Ford Frick Award, presented annually for contributions to baseball broadcasting, and will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 28 in Cooperstown.

There he will join former players Eddie Murray and Gary Carter on one of baseball's most special days.

'I'm very honored, Uecker said. 'This is a major happening for any broadcaster or a player, for that matter.

When you talk about the Hall of Fame, that's the pinnacle. It's as high as you can go.'

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Finally he gets a seat in the front row..to his HOF ceremony

[smokeyjon]

EDD-IE! EDD-IE! EDD-IE! EDD-IE! EDD-IE! EDD-IE!

Why oh why are we cursed with Peter Angelos...

[ewing]

That is going to be one heck of a party weekend..

[185JHP]

Too bad they don't have the ball he hit for a single off Sandy Koufax.

[ewing]

Was that the only hit of his career?

[JimVT]

OUR HERO

Ya gotta love the guy!>

[irish guard]

Uecker is really very good. After all, he makes the Brewers, a $hitty team for more that 20 years sound interesting.

[dfwgator]

He was great in "Major League."

[strela]

If its standing room only at his induction ceremony, will latecomers be ... ?

"Juuuuuust a bit outside!"

[185JHP]

Be nice. BTW in the summer of '83 I was in D.C., eating at an outside table with a friend, and we saw a guy that looked exactly like Bob U. I didn't say anything to him, I'm not an autograph guy. But later I thought "I should have at least spoken to him, so as to not hurt his feelings." It turned out that my friend saw him again, and it was just an uncanny resemblance. The guy could play Bob in a TV movie about the single off the best leftie of his time, maybe of all time.

[Desdemona]

As a member of the Cardinal Nation, thank heaven it wasn't for actually playing.