Legendary Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker died on Thursday at the age of 90 after a long battle with cancer. Uecker, who spent 54 years as a broadcaster for Milwaukee, was on the call for the Brewers’ season-ending loss to the Mets. And given the news of his passing, the call was absolutely heartbreaking.
The stakes were high for the Milwaukee Brewers in October entering a win-or-go-home playoff game against the New York Mets. Fans knew what it meant for their World Series chances. But they didn't know what it meant for legendary Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker.
Did you hear the one about the time Bob Uecker propelled the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1964 World Series? First, let’s set the scene before we get too far ahead of ourselves.
Uecker, a baseball icon, television and movie funnyman and Hall of Fame Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer, died Thursday at the age of 90.
Bob Uecker, the Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster with a quick wit and an unending love of the game, died Thursday. He was 90. Uecker had been battling small cell lung cancer since 2023, his family told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The 2024 season ended in heartbreak for the Milwaukee Brewers. Here's what Bob Uecker said during the ninth inning of his final broadcast.
Bob Uecker was the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker "Mr. Baseball" and honors from the Hall of Fame.
Brewers legendary radio broadcaster Bob Uecker has passed away at the age of 90, according to the team. He spent 54 years with Milwaukee.
The passing of Milwaukee Brewers icon Bob Uecker reverberated throughout the organization and city on Thursday, with fans, community leaders and others celebrating the man who touched countless lives across more than five decades in the broadcast booth.
Uecker's final game in the booth was for the winner-take-all Game 3 of the Wild Card series between the Brewers and the New York Mets on October 3, 2024.
All season had felt like borrowed time with Uecker, who died Thursday ... a crushing final-inning defeat in a winner-take-all playoff game with the New York Mets, was that was not only likely the last time the voice of the Brewers would put on a headset ...
The Hall of Famer was a top guest on Johnny Carson’s ‘Tonight Show’ and played a sports writer in the ’80s sitcom ‘Mr. Belvedere’