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 with the last of Uecker's 54. Baseball's last crossover celebrity broadcaster died Thursday at age 90.
We’re going to constantly be seeing reminders of Bob,” said longtime broadcast partner Jeff Levering, who shared broadcasts with Uecker in 2015.
Fans began to line the bottom of Uecker's statue outside the ballpark with cans of Miller Lite in a nod to the legendary announcer.
The 1989 baseball comedy filmed in Milwaukee featured Uecker's memorable performance as cynical, and very funny, play-by-play announcer Harry Doyle.
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 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 that reached far beyond the ballpark.
For much of his time owning the New York Yankees, George Steinbrenner got what he wanted. Unfortunately for The Boss, Bob Uecker wasn’t for sale. On Wednesday, Yankees TV announcer Michael Kay revealed that Steinbrenner tried luring Uecker away from Milwaukee “a few times” on his self-titled mid-day show on ESPN New York.
As a catcher for the Milwaukee Braves, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies, Uecker hit .200 with 14 home runs. As a Brewers catcher in the mid-2000s, Chad Moeller hit .204 with 14 home runs. In Uecker, Moeller said on Thursday, he found a friend who could needle him with sweetness.
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