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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.
Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play broadcaster Jeff Levering first shared a booth with Bob Uecker in 2015. The first 10 years of his major league career overlapped
Former Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig pays respect to Bob Uecker following the baseball legend's passing
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, who died ...
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 ...
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.
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, his family told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Bob Uecker's death has prompted all kinds of memories from his baseball, broadcasting and acting career to resurface.
Bob Uecker, who died Thursday at the age of 90, was just a few years removed from that underwhelming playing career when he was the main speaker at the 26th annual Lancaster Sportswriters and Sportscasters banquet at the Host Farm Motel in Lancaster on Jan.