It is a sad day for baseball, as Milwaukee Brewers broadcasting legend Bob Uecker has passed away at 90 years old.
The Brewers released this statement:
2024 was Uecker's 54th - yes, 54th - season behind the mic for his hometown Milwaukee Brewers and he will be missed dearly.
Here's how the legend was born:
Following six seasons in the Major Leagues with the Braves, Cardinals and Phillies, then a failed stint as a Brewers scout, Uecker's voice became one of the sounds of summer in the Midwest. He joined the Brewers radio team in 1971 and launched a second career in broadcasting that led to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, the Radio Hall of Fame, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the National Baseball Hall of Fame as the 2003 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.
When ESPN calls Uecker "one of the sounds of summer in the midwest" they mean it. His voice was a thing of absolute beauty, and his quick wit unmatched.
Countless Brewer fans enter the stadium each home game, radio in hand, ready to enjoy the game with the sound of Mr. Baseball at their side. Some simply stay in the parking lot, turn on the AM radio, and listen to the action while grilling brats. Uecker was that good.
Some more info on the legendary Mr. Baseball:
Nicknamed ‘Mr. Baseball' by ‘Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson during one of Uecker's 100 or so appearances on late-night TV, he starred in a popular series of Miller Lite commercials, then in the ABC sitcom ‘Mr. Belvedere' and in the ‘Major League' film trilogy. He authored two books, hosted ‘Saturday Night Live' and WrestleMania, and famously graced the pages of Sports Illustrated as a septuagenarian in a speedo.
I'll leave you with some highlights to celebrate the life of the legend, Bob Uecker.
Everybody knows this one from the classic baseball film, Major League:
Can't forget the legendary, "Get up, get up, get outta here" Milwaukee has come to know so well.
And I'll leave this here too:
