For those of us who watched, worked or played at Braves Field in the 1950s and early ’60s, Uecker’s passing brought back fond memories of a time when baseball was the prominent summer pastime.” | Opin

A native of Wisconsin, born and raised in Milwaukee, Uecker turned a middling, five-year stint as an MLB catcher during the 1960s into a broadcasting career that spanned six decades, made him a mainstay in Hollywood and saw his everyman persona become as synonymous with the Brewers as the Miller Lite beer he served as spokesman for.

Bob Uecker, the legendary voice of the Milwaukee Brewers who was nicknamed “Mr. Baseball,” has died aged 90, the team announced on Thursday.

It must have been a local show, a tape-delayed interview, a game show, something. All I remember is my dad drawing my attention to the man on the TV. “He was a baseball player, but he was really bad,

The baseball community is mourning the loss of Bob Uecker following the death of the longtime Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster at the age of 90.

Well, of course, it is World Series time, and as I’ve said before, when the word baseball is mentioned, I guess my name would automatically come to your mind.”

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I turned 13 during 1967’s Summer of Love. There was no time more eventful for a red-blooded American boy to become a teenager. A cultural phenomenon was

Bob Uecker, known throughout the United States as “Mr. Baseball” died January 16 at the age of 90. Ten years ago, the then-Archbishop of Milwaukee Jerome E. Listecki – who retired last year – said Uecker used “self-effacing humor to bring appreciation and joy to those who share a love for the game he so well represents.”

Whether you know him from his broadcasting work in Major League Baseball, through his appearances back in the day on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, as a television actor, for his role in Miller Lite commercials or as Harry Doyle from the movie Major League,

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.The Milwaukee Brewers,

Uecker, a baseball icon, television and movie funnyman and Hall of Fame Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer, died Thursday at the age of 90.