The baseball community shares their condolences following the news of broadcast legend Bob Uecker's passing at the age of 90.
The former backup catcher, whose ability to laugh at himself made him a beloved radio announcer and launched a successful acting career, died Thursday.
At his Hall of Fame-induction ceremony in Cooperstown in 2003, Bob Uecker delivered a memorable acceptance speech that in essence was a stand-up comedy act. Forty-four Hall of Fame players on the ...
Bob Uecker was entertaining in everything he did. On the microphone calling Milwaukee Brewers games, in movies and ...
Bob Uecker, the Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster with a quick wit and an unending love of the game, died Thursday. He was 90. Uecker had been battling small cell lung cancer since 2023 ...
The late Bob Uecker's reach extends well beyond Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts. Let's run down his pop-culture ...
In fact, Niekro credited his Hall of Fame success to his catcher, writing in his autobiography that Mr. Uecker “ingrained in my mind that I shouldn’t be afraid to throw the knuckler.
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 ...
Uecker was so good as a radio broadcaster, with his special comedic style and quick wit, the Baseball Hall of Fame honored him in 2003 with the Ford C. Frick Award. It’s one of several halls of ...