“Every time I saw Sandy Koufax after that, I apologized to him,” Ueck often ... “What an example for us to be with every single day. Bob Uecker!” In true Ueck fashion, as he was being doused with bubbly from all angles, he announced with a smile ...
A self-deprecating legend of the broadcasting booth and the cheap seats (‘Must be in the front rowwww!’) dies at age 90
Uecker left us with so many smiles that I wanted to pay tribute to his amazing baseball life with this collection of fun facts.
Bob Uecker spent most of his adult life hanging around ballparks. He was a Major Leaguer, playing catcher for four teams over six seasons.
The baseball world lost one of its most iconic stars Thursday morning when the Milwaukee Brewers announced the death of Bob Uecker.
Bob Uecker, who parlayed a forgettable playing career into a punch line for movie and TV appearances as "Mr. Baseball" and a Hall of Fame broadcasting tenure, has died. He was 90.
Bob Uecker as a Milwaukee Brave in 1963 ... He has said he was worried his home run off Sandy Koufax might keep Koufax out of the Hall of Fame (it didn't, nor did it keep Gaylord Perry or Ferguson Jenkins out, even though Uecker homered off those guys ...
“I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown ... and they think Harry Doyle and figure that’s what Bob Uecker does. I do that sometimes, I do. But when we’ve ...
I want to take a few minutes to tell you about my good friend, Bob Uecker. I should preface these remarks by noting that my personal interactions with Bob were very, very limited, and he likely did not remember any of them. But that does not matter, because he and I spent countless hours together…just apart.
Even if you don’t know baseball, you’ve probably heard of Ichiro, the way that many non-sports fans still know Babe Ruth or Willie Mays or Bob Uecker. (“Juuuust a little outside!”) He’s a name.
BREAK. CALL NOW FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE. TONIGHT WE ARE HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE LATE BREWERS BROADCAST LEGEND BOB UECKER. MR. BASEBALL WOULD HAVE TURNED 91 TODAY FROM THE GROWING ...
Legendary Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker was laid to rest in a private family memorial ceremony and burial Friday, eight days following his death, the Uecker family announced in a ...