Bob Uecker parlayed a forgettable baseball career into comedic gold.
I noted Joe Garagiola said baseball is a funny game. On Jan. 16, some of that humor left this world as Bob Uecker, the ...
“He was a great talent, a unique talent,’’ Sterling said. Sterling got to know Uecker well thanks in part to Joe Torre, who played with Uecker in Milwaukee early in Uecker’s career and in ...
Bob Uecker, Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer and TV star, has passed away at the age of 90, his family has announced. Uecker, who was nicknamed “Mr. Baseball” during his Hall of Fame media career, ...
Uecker — who played six seasons in the majors ... Because it’s funny. Joe Block, my partner, asked me, ‘Ueck, you know who your first pinch hit was against?’ I said, ‘No,’ and he ...
Bob Uecker was a famously mediocre Major League hitter who discovered that he was much more comfortable at a microphone than home plate. And that was just the start of a second career in entertainment ...
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.
In the ’90s, he teamed up with Bob Costas and Joe Morgan for the World Series. From there, Uecker reached most households as one of the Miller Lite All-Stars in popular commercials for the beer ...
Uecker’s comedy was just a part of his abilities. His warm storytelling and delivery made him a natural to become one of the first color commentators on network TV broadcasts in the 1970s with ABC. In ...
In the ’90s, he teamed up with Bob Costas and Joe Morgan for the World Series. From there, Uecker reached most households as one of the Miller Lite All-Stars in popular commercials for the beer ...
Uecker approached then-Brewers owner Bud Selig ... There was Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Frazier, Marv Thronberry and Boog Powell. John Madden was great. We had a blast doing those spots.” ...
National Baseball Hall of Famer and former Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench was asked during a 2018 appearance at the former Green Diamond Gallery in Montgomery with fellow Hall of Famers Joe ...