We look back on the stars who died this year, including David Lynch, Irv Gotti, Bob Uecker, Leslie Charleson, Jeff Baena, and ...
Bob Uecker parlayed a forgettable baseball career into comedic gold.
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That Time Bob Uecker Was a Hero (Really!)
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.
Bob Uecker as a Milwaukee Brave in 1963 ... with St. Louis playing the Yankees in the 1964 World Series, Uecker found time for shenanigans. He picked up a marching-band tuba that had been ...
I remember watching Bob Uecker when he was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The former major league ...
Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network producer and engineer Kent Sommerfeld worked with Bob Uecker for 39 seasons, starting in 1986. He shares his memories of Uecker.
I noted Joe Garagiola said baseball is a funny game. On Jan. 16, some of that humor left this world as Bob Uecker, the ...
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 ...
For the last 54 years, Bob Uecker's voice let Milwaukeeans ... The Brewers never made it back to the World Series before Uecker passed away and it will be somewhat bittersweet if they get there ...
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 ...
But it’s still a pretty good thing to be a big leaguer,” Uecker once said. “I was still in a World Series. When I got on the field, there was no messing around. I played hard.” Bob Uecker ...
Bob Uecker was always up for a good time ... Uecker made headlines not for what he did at the plate during the 1964 World Series while with the St. Louis Cardinals. He actually never played ...