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wadesworld

Yeli's interview after the game 5 loss was telling.

Uncle Rico

Quote from: wadesworld on January 16, 2025, 09:51:29 AMYeli's interview after the game 5 loss was telling.

Devastating news for Wisconsin sports fans.  The voice of multiple generations of baseball fans in Milwaukee and beyond.

Really sad day
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The Sultan

Man I remember listening to him when I was in grade school.
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Hards Alumni

Everyone dies, but not everyone lives.

Bob had a hell of a run

RIP to a legend

TSmith34, Inc.

Quote from: The Sultan on January 16, 2025, 09:58:53 AMMan I remember listening to him when I was in grade school.

Same. A summer night in the backyard with the grill fired up and listening to Ueck...magical.
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Spaniel with a Short Tail

Sorry to hear. He was great in Major League and the Miller Lite commercials. "I must be in the front row!"


cheebs09

Well, I guess I'll be watching his HOF speech tonight.

Really sad day. Was really hoping he'd see the Brewers win one. You can tell the players loved him.

Billy Hoyle

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I would be driving around Milwaukee for work and listen to Brewers games just for Ueck (the Crew sucked at the time). He was a gem, and his work in Major League is beyond legendary. Sad day for all baseball fans.

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GoldenEagles03

This is one of the very worst days.
VIOLENCE!

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RIP to an absolute legend.

Uncle Rico

This is one of those deaths that will hit an entire community.

Went to Milwaukee Boys Tech, played for the Braves, was the voice of baseball here for multiple generations and never left when for a bigger market when he easily could have.

Going to be a lot of folks crushed by this one
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TallTitan34

He didn't finish high school and in 1954, at the age of 20, he enlisted in the Army. He hoped to avoid going overseas by playing military baseball with soldiers who had played in the minors or in college. Since, Uecker hadn't yet done either, he lied. According to a USA Today article in 1997, he said he had played at Marquette, given that it was a college in his native Milwaukee. "Marquette didn't have a team, but they never checked," he said.

lostpassword

This was peak story-telling Bob:

https://milwaukeerecord.com/sports/remembering-the-time-bob-uecker-encountered-a-furry-convention-in-pittsburgh/

Uecker opined thusly: "They kind of gather in a huge fur ball. You can't really see the leader, he's in the middle. You can hear him mumbling and talking, trying to talk, kind of like a—swing and a foul by Braun—kind of like a mom with a cubby, trying to keep it warm.
"That's no big deal. That's what they feel," Uecker later continued, still discussing the furry convention. "They wear animal costumes because they feel a little animal-ish. There's a strike. I've felt that way myself a couple of times. I haven't dressed up for it. I've worn a fig leaf or two."

MUfan12

This one is hitting me really hard.

tower912

I remember how I felt when Ernie Harwell died.   You all have my sympathy and empathy.
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Spotcheck Billy

I worked with his daughter back in 1979, have sat around many campfires listening to him calling the games. WTMJ was so easy to pick up all over the state no matter what state park we were in.

GoldenEagles03

"Uecker didn't finish high school and in 1954, at the age of 20, he enlisted in the Army. He hoped to avoid going overseas by playing military baseball with soldiers who had played in the minors or in college. At the time he had done neither, so he made up a college and lied. He claimed he had played at Marquette, given that it was a college in his native Milwaukee. "Marquette didn't have a team, but they never checked," he said.13 He played at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and later at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where he teamed with shortstop and future Cardinals teammate Dick Groat."

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bob-uecker/
VIOLENCE!

withoutbias

Sad day for the city of Milwaukee and the sport of baseball.

withoutbias

Quote from: GoldenEagles03 on January 16, 2025, 11:25:02 AM"Uecker didn't finish high school and in 1954, at the age of 20, he enlisted in the Army. He hoped to avoid going overseas by playing military baseball with soldiers who had played in the minors or in college. At the time he had done neither, so he made up a college and lied. He claimed he had played at Marquette, given that it was a college in his native Milwaukee. "Marquette didn't have a team, but they never checked," he said.13 He played at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and later at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where he teamed with shortstop and future Cardinals teammate Dick Groat."

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bob-uecker/

This exact quote was posted 5 posts above yours.

GoldenEagles03

VIOLENCE!

JWags85

One of those rare sports figures where I don't know if there was anyone who didn't like, much less hated, Uecker.  A combination of his personality, his influence on the culture of broadcasting, and his varied work away from the Brewers.  Just a rare breed and total legend.

I'll never forget meeting a girl in Chicago in my 20s who for some random reason LOVED Mr. Belvedere reruns as a kid.  Major League was on a TV in the background of a day drinking party of some sort and she goes "oh, its the dad from Mr Belvedere!"  She had absolutely NO CLUE that Uecker was an actual announcer and thought he was just a bit actor from the 80s.

MU82

I was at MU during the heyday of Bambi's Bombers and Harvey's Wallbangers; listened to many Brewers games then. I also always got a kick out of him when he was on with Carson.

"Legend" is used far too often, but he truly is a broadcasting legend.
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HouWarrior

Appearing on over 100 Tonight Shows, Carson referred to Uke as the best natural comedian he ever saw.

This ESPN Obit is well done:

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43439250/beloved-brewers-broadcaster-bob-uecker-dies-age-90

A life well lived; I will miss him.
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Billy Hoyle

Quote from: MU82 on January 16, 2025, 02:42:01 PMI was at MU during the heyday of Bambi's Bombers and Harvey's Wallbangers; listened to many Brewers games then. I also always got a kick out of him when he was on with Carson.

"Legend" is used far too often, but he truly is a broadcasting legend.

On Carson talking about the pic where he held hands with Bob Gibson.

https://x.com/Super70sSports/status/1879958518977155179
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