The team announced Uecker, 90, died Thursday (January 16) morning, calling it “one of the most difficult days in Milwaukee Brewers history.”
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Bob Uecker, 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, has died.
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“I think people see Major League and they think Harry Doyle and figure that’s what Bob Uecker does.
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“I’m part of American folklore, I guess,” Uecker told The Associated Press in 2003. “But I’m not a Hollywood guy.