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