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The baseball world lost a legend over the high season when the legendary TV company Bob Uecker died at the age of 90.
Uecter called games For Milwaukee Brewers since 1971 and appeared in the 1989 movie “Major League” and the film’s two sequels.
His last game was Brewers’ heartbreaking loss after the season to Mets back in October, when Pete Alonso became the first player in the MLB story to hit a walk-in-homeing home in the ninth lap or later by a winner-take-all game while his team was afterwards.
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The legendary Brewers Radio -tv company Bob Uecker recognizes the crowd before throwing out the first pitch. The breweries played Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 in the National League Championship Series on October 12, 2018 at Miller Park in Milwaukee, WIS. (IMagn)
Christian Yelich, who won an MVP with the team in 2018, was emotional after the loss, mostly talking about Uecker.
“To me, it talked to Ueck,” he said at the time. “It’s so-hard. All the other things are what it is. It’s a tough way for your season to finish, but talking to ‘uecky’ one-on-one was tough.”
Not often TV stations have close relationships with players, but this was an exception. And in a recent interview with Pakinomist Digital, Yelich made it known that Uecter’s presence is definitely missed.
“I had come to know Bob extremely well for the past eight years. He and I were really good friends. He had amazing stories and lived in an incredible life,” Yelich said. “Just getting to listen and talk about the game and be able to really be friends with him, you know, I think I got to see him in a unique light that many people didn’t necessarily do that didn’t really know him like that. He was around almost every home game for us. He had come in the clubhouse and just hung out and just shoot s — with the guys in the lunch room or really anywhere.
Milwaukee Brewers Radio Annoncør Bob Uecker greets a player before matching Minnesota Twins at American Family Field. (Benny Sieu/USA Today Sports)
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“He was friends with some of the best players in the game. He lived this incredible life, whether Johnny Carson or astronauts who called him from the space station on his birthday, to be in ‘Major League’ movie, he just had stories for several days, and just to listen to them daily was something that was really, really cool. Everyone misses Bob and he lived a tireless life. ”
“The case at Bob,” Yelich added, “When you first meet him, you want to know him forever. That’s how he makes everyone feel. He just had such an outgoing personality and made everyone feel that they are his friend. I think it was a gift that he was so far able to connect to people. He has some kind of disarmament. Of course, our relationship became kind of as the years went by and got to know each other a little better.
Uecker was born and raised in Milwaukee and the vervet to the US Army in 1954. He played baseball while at Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Belvoir. Uecter joined Milwaukee Braves’ organization in 1956 and was in minors until he was called up in 1962. His career ended five years later.
Milwaukee Brewers Play-by-play advertisement Bob Uecker sits in Dugout while players are training at American Family Field in Milwaukee on April 6, 2022. (IMagn)
Uecker was a TV company in Atlanta before making broadcasts for the breweries. He called games for 54 seasons before his death. He also served as a TV company for ABC and NBC under the World Series and League Championship Games. He called the Brewers’ World Series TAB in 1982 to Cardinals for a local Milwaukee station.
