A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. I STOLE THEM BOTH. YEAH. JOHNNY CARSON ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE WHO GAVE HIM THE FAMOUS MR. BASEBALL NICKNAME. UECKER MADE NEARLY 1 To many, Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker was ...

He said he got to know Uecker as soon as he was hired and formed a connection with ‘Mr. Baseball’ right out of the gate. “Best part of my job was getting to see (Uecker) every day,” Murphy ...

No, he was simply Ueck, a classic baseball moniker given the culture’s unstoppable commitment to name contraction. Yet he also ironically and proudly wore the crown “Mr. Baseball,” which ...

MILWAUKEE — Bob Uecker, who parlayed a forgettable playing career into a punch line for movie and TV appearances as “Mr. Baseball” and a Hall of Fame broadcasting tenure, died last Thursday at at the ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — 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.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bob Uecker, who parlayed a forgettable playing career into a punch line for movie and TV appearances as “Mr. Baseball” and a Hall of Fame broadcasting tenure, has died.

This is why Uecker’s nickname — Mr. Baseball — is one of the best in the history of the sport. It’s a sport of successes and failures, with more failures than any professional sport.

It’s not enough to simply call Bob Uecker an original, "1 of 1" or the last of his kind. Uecker was both the OG and the parody, a man whose friendly voice on the airwaves echoed the folksy ...