Bob Uecker’s ad career—looking back at the Miller Lite pitchman’s greatest hits
A catcher, Uecker played in the Major Leagues for parts of six years with the Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves, retiring after the 1967 season with a .200 career batting average. He began broadcasting in 1969 and was the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers for 54 years.
Baseball has seen plenty of characters, but surely the all-time leader in laughs above replacement has to be the unparalleled ...
Reactions to the death of longtime Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker: ...
The San Francisco Giants have a big lesson to learn on how to treat their broadcasters from the Brewers and Bob Uecker, ...
Sure, we'll know him as the voice of Brewers baseball forever, but we'll always have a career full of laughs from Ueck, as well.
Maybe these stories didn’t matter, but they tell you everything you need to know about him. Read the story here.
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