"A lot of you don't know, and some do, I have been added to the active roster of the club," said Uecker.That is the humor that has gotten so many Brewers fans through so many summers over the years.
It didn't matter if the year was 2008, 2000, 1987, 1982, or 1976. We keep coming back to listen to our team because of him.
He is one of the reasons that I love baseball so much.
A summer night on the porch with my dad listening to a west coast game against and struggling to stay awake long enough to hear what George Scott or Darrell Porter would do against the Swingin' A's.
Soon after getting my license driving around in the Chevy Chevette that only had an AM radio and listening to the Rene Lachmann team.
Living up in Superior in the mid 90's and listening to those teams on the affiliate up in the Northwoods and a little piece of home just before or just after the Dukes season.
Take care and get well soon, Mr. Baseball.
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Amen to that Chris.
For me growing up in the Lakeshore (read: lake effect snow) hearing Uecker's voice meant the end of winter and that spring was right around the corner.
I never had an opportunity to meet Uecker, but i've known friends that have been in boxes at Miller Park or functions over the years that said he was as gracious to an average Joe as he was to a GM of a team.
He's literally been calling games for the Brewers as long as i've been alive, that in itself is amazing (Uecker, not the fact that i'm still alive...although that does defy logic).
A couple years ago people were all up in arms about Lord Favre and how that's all they knew. That was 16 years, this is double that. Uecker is baseball, he is the Brewers and for a lot of us he literally IS all we've known of Brewer baseball on the radio.
We know eventually he'll stop broadcasting and hopefully it'll be because he wants to and he enjoys the rest of his days...but to speak selfishly, not now Ueck, not now.
Speedy recovery Mr. Baseball.
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