Ueck

This is a nice article about Bob Uecker (“87 going on 27”). I grew up in Milwaukee. With a family of all boys, we did a lot of camping trips. Listening to the Brewers on the radio was a common thing. And it was always Uecker. A genuinely good baseball announcer as a former catcher, he would throw in occasional hilarious deadpan one liners (down 9 runs, “a couple grand slams, we’re right in this thing”).

It’s crazy to realize that an average major league catcher turned broadcaster became so famous.

He’s done commercials, television and films. He was a favorite guest of Johnny Carson during more than 100 appearances on The Tonight Show. Uecker hosted Wrestlemanias and is in the WWE Hall of Fame. He’s in the Radio Hall of Fame and Cooperstown as well, recipient of the 2003 Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting.

But deep down he’s always been a baseball player at heart…