Bud Selig remembers a mashed potato-stained scouting report forcing Bob Uecker into the radio booth
"He made himself into a great announcer"
"He made himself into a great announcer"
"As you likely have noticed over the years, Bob Uecker had a resounding impact on my life."
"A perfect addition to our home."
"There is a big hole in the heart of the Brewer family."
"It's going to take time for us to understand that he is gone."
"We'll do what Ueck would want us to do, and that's talk Brewers baseball."
"He had done so much, but never made you feel like that. He just wanted to be part of the boys."
"He was just so beautiful in explaining – making fun of himself, and in doing so, he made everybody laugh."
"The players considered him one of them, and then almost incidentally, the team's radio announcer."
"I've never told this story … because he didn't want me to, but he can't yell at me now."
Bob Uecker passed away on Thursday and scores of tributes and cherished memories were shared from throughout the sports world.
The legendary Bob Uecker passed away at 90 years old as announced by the Milwaukee Brewers, whose games he called for over 50 years.
"If I think of no more baseball for me, I don’t know what that would be like, you know?"
" ... but talking to 'Uecky' one-on-one was tough."
"That quickly. Wow."
"There is no one who epitomizes being a champion the way this man does right here."
Bob Uecker still has his fastball, even at 90 years old calling Milwaukee Brewers games as this clutch home run call shows.
"Tom, I don't have anything else to do, for one thing."
"Ueck is a national treasure."
Uecker has been with the Brewers for more than 50 years.
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