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Uecker, who died Thursday at 90, used to sit in the bullpen at Connie Mack Stadium and deliver play-by-play commentary into a beer cup.
Bob Uecker, the legendary voice of the Brewers who died Thursday at the age of 90, was battling a previously undisclosed illness.
The former Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster died at the age of 90 almost two years after he was diagnosed with cancer.
The Milwaukee Brewers announced that Hall of Fame broadcaster and legend Bob Uecker passed away at the age ... St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. After retiring, Uecker embarked on a new career as a radio broadcaster, beginning in 1971 as ...
Bob Uecker's death has prompted all kinds of memories from his baseball, broadcasting and acting career to resurface.
Take a stroll through Uecker's portfolio of pop culture. Bob Uecker as a Milwaukee ... too). He said Philadelphia manager Gene Mauch would summon Uecker into a pinch hitting appearance so he could kill the Phillies' rally and keep the game moving.
PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies were flying to another city in the late 1960s when Bob Uecker, then the team’s seldom-used backup catcher, told the flight attendant he was sick. Uecker ...
Did you hear the one about the time Bob Uecker propelled the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1964 World Series? First, let’s set the scene before we get too far ahead of ourselves.
A former Philadelphia Phillies general manager and Cleveland Indians legend Kenny Loften are among a group of people who will launch Sluggball, a baseball version of Topgolf, in May, they announced Wednesday.
Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected as the newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the museum announced.
Bob Uecker’s professional baseball career began when he signed with his hometown team, the Milwaukee Braves, in 1956. Uecker often joked that when the Braves signed him for $3,000, his family had to dig through the couch cushions and jars to scrape together the money.