The journeyman catcher and award-winning sports commentator, known by many as "Mr. Baseball," was diagnosed with small-cell ...
Uecker played six years in MLB and then became one of the most beloved announcers in baseball with the Milwaukee Brewers. His ...
Bob Uecker, who died Jan. 16, was not only a baseball player, but a comedic actor in roles including the movie "Major League.
He was an announcer and media celebrity, but Bob Uecker might have gained more notoriety than anything else as a beer pitchman in Miller Lite commercials.
He earned the nickname "Mr. Baseball" for what the self-mocking funny man did off the field rather than on it.
He was a baseball player before he was a tv star and a baseball icon. Bob Uecker was a Milwaukee native who became the ...