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Old 01-16-2025, 10:28 AM
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We lost another iconic voice of the game. Loved his appearances in the Major League movies. RIP.
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Old 01-16-2025, 10:34 AM
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Sad for sure. Now he'll have front row seats for all the games!
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Old 01-16-2025, 11:09 AM
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I am in my mid-40s and have listened to Ueck all of my life. I would usually listen to the games instead of watching because of him and I know I am not alone in that. This is a very sad day. He was such a huge part of the lives of Brewers fans that it is hard to overstate the loss - and he meant even more given our 0 World Series titles (and lone appearance way back in 1982) and so many very lean years as he was always a reason to tune in, no matter the score. In fact, in games where we were down a lot he often turned up the personality and storytelling and those games could be just as (if not more) entertaining as close games and wins.

One nice thing is that people here truly appreciated him and over the past decade everyone felt super privileged to be able to hear every game that he called because we knew it couldn't last forever given his age. The players loved him, the fans loved him, and everyone really let him know, which is nice because too often people pass and then the world shows how appreciated they were only after they are gone when they can't experience it - Ueck got to see it.

His Hall of Fame induction speech is an all-time classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7dG5HCKeWA

Rest in peace Bob.

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Old 01-16-2025, 11:49 AM
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He said his strategy to catch a knuckleball was to wait for it to hit the backstop, then pick it up.
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This gag which cost the Team money because it was decided the photo needed to be redone after some disrtibution, plus his shagging fly balls with a Tuba during the 64 World Series is said to have played a role in Bob Howsam arranging his exit from St Louis. They did keep the other Bob.

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RIP. He brought so much joy to so many people.
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One of the guys who reminded us that baseball is fun. His HOF speech was one for the ages.

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Had always hoped that when the Field of Dreams had another MLB game, it would be Bob Uecker leading the players out of the corn in the outfield.
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This gag which cost the Team money because it was decided the photo needed to be redone after some disrtibution, plus his shagging fly balls with a Tuba during the 64 World Series is said to have played a role in Bob Howsam arranging his exit from St Louis. They did keep the other Bob.

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