Next spring without Uecker: A tribute

Ninety years, 11 months, and three weeks into his impressive Iron Man streak of not dying, the inevitable happened to Bob Uecker. Death is still batting 1.000. I know Ueck could come up with funnier lines than ...

R.I.P. Bob Uecker

Bob Uecker has died. The voice of the Milwaukee Brewers, the star of Mr. Belvedere, the highlight of the Major League franchise, the dedicated pitchman of beer, the dry humor king, the go-to Carson guest, th...

Happy birthday, Bob Uecker

Updated from an original 2019 post. Happy birthday, Ueck! The ultimate Brewer happens to be Bob Uecker, which is kind of odd since he never played a game for the team. Sure, today's birthday boy drove in eig...

A Milwaukee Day ode to Bob Uecker

This story was originally published in 2016. There's a picture, taken in 1964, of Bob Uecker playing a tuba. It's moments before the second game of the '64 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and th...