Bob Uecker wasn’t an announcer. He was an aspiration, proof you could thrive in an industry even if you fail at first. He was a bull rider, tilting and shifting as his dream bucked underneath him, ...

Bob Uecker’s death Thursday at age 90 led the ... Anderson joked that Uecker always used to joke to fellow broadcasters that he couldn’t wait for his fellow broadcasters to have to carry ...

He missed the tag!" Bob Uecker jokes with photographers and well wishers during the unveiling of his statue Friday, April 25, 2014, in section 422 at Miller Park in Milwaukee known as the "Uecker ...

The jokes, the broadcast and the stories in a way only he could do. “Bob Uecker was a player that happens to be good at broadcasting, not a broadcaster that used to be a player,” Cotroneo said.

Bob Uecker jokes with photographers and well wishers during the unveiling of his statue Friday, April 25, 2014, in section 422 at Miller Park in Milwaukee known as the "Uecker Seats." The statue ...

The Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster enjoyed mocking his unremarkable playing career that preceded a legendary life behind the mic.

Bob Uecker didn't have to stretch much to play ... Many of Uecker's self-deprecating jokes were derived from his major-league career. He hit .200 over his six seasons playing catcher with the ...

Bob Uecker: 'Mr. Baseball' with Johnny Carson Uecker ... Uecker's playing career often bore the brunt of his jokes. He signed with the Milwaukee Braves in 1956 after serving in the Army and ...

Bob Uecker throws the ceremonial first pitch ... referring to a famous Uecker joke about being placed in the worst seats in a baseball stadium. In his address at the dinner, Listecki said Uecker ...

Despite all the jokes about his playing career, Uecker was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, a team led by Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson, that won the World Series in 1964. “He brought joy ...