Bob Uecker

[mnfireman]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/bob-uecker-passes-away.html

[cmoss84]

Uecker hit 14 home runs in the Majors off 13 pitchers. Three went to the Hall of Fame: Fergie Jenkins, Sandy Koufax and Gaylord Perry. The only pitcher Uecker touched twice, Roy Sadecki, won 20 games for the Cardinals during the World Series season in '64.

[MMMordabito]

RIP

[ziggy]

Uecker's portrayl of announcer Harry Doyle in the movie Major League is one of the best characters ever.

[USAFChief]

RIP. 

A truly great baseball person.

[Vanimal46]

2 hours ago, ziggy said:

Uecker's portrayl of announcer Harry Doyle in the movie Major League is one of the best characters ever.

Dynamite drop in Monty. That broadcasting school is really paying off! 

[ashbury]

I will miss him a lot more than I will miss filmmaker David Lynch who also died today.

[The Great Hambino]

On 1/16/2025 at 1:31 PM, ziggy said:

Uecker's portrayl of announcer Harry Doyle in the movie Major League is one of the best characters ever.

My favorite character in my favorite baseball movie.

He had too many great lines to count.  One that doesn't get enough love is "About time, it's 8-0" after Ricky Vaughn drills a Yankee in the back.  Denzel robbed him of that Best Supporting Actor Oscar 

RIP.  He made baseball more fun

[Craig Arko]

Another reason why we loved this guy.

[Teflon]

I grew up in southeastern Minnesota in the 1970s and there wasn't a Twins affiliate broadcasting games in that area. We could sorta get WCCO at night if we drove up out of the coulees onto the ridges. WKTY in La Crosse carried the Brewers games, however, and those came in clear as a bell. The Brewers broadcasters were Bob Uecker and Merle Harmon. Harmon was a top tier professional play-by-play guy and Uecker was, well... himself. Man, those games were great! The Brewers were getting good with a core of Yount and Molitor and Cecil Cooper and Ben Oglivie (hitter of the longest homerun in Metrodome history) and the broadcasts were lively.  I would love one more teenage summer evening hanging out with my buddies, drinking Old Style lager and listening to Uecker and Harmon calling a Brewers game. Rest in peace, Mr. Baseball. Hoping you're in the front row.