Legendary Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker died at the age of 90 on Thursday, and the tributes to his iconic career have already come pouring in. Everyone from the Brewers to Major League Baseball to J.

Bob Uecker died on Thursday at the age of 90. Read on to find out more about his memorable career in baseball and broadcasting.

Bob Uecker was a famously mediocre Major League hitter who discovered that he was much more comfortable at a microphone than home plate. And that was just the start of a second career in entertainment that reached far beyond the ballpark.

The loss of Uecker is a massive one for the baseball community (and for sports broadcasting as a while) as the legendary voice called Brewers games for over five decades. Uecker retired as the voice of the Brewers last season, over twenty years after he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.

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Uecker played six years in MLB and then became one of the most beloved announcers in baseball with the Milwaukee Brewers. His humor was one of a kind and led to many memorable rol

Legendary Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer Bob Uecker passed away on Thursday. People immediately started posting tributes and sharing their favorite Uecker stories and it quickly became apparent just how high his approval rating was amongst sports fans.

Bob Uecker died at 90. The Baseball Hall of Famer spent 54 years as a Milwaukee Brewers announcer and starred in 'Mr. Belvedere,' 'Major League' and beer ads.

A cause of death has been revealed for legendary MLB broadcaster Bob Uecker after he passes away at the age of 90.

On Thursday, the Milwaukee Brewers announced that Bob Uecker, the longtime voice of the team, has died at age 90. Uecker, a baseball player-turned-broadcaster-turned-pop culture icon, had a sense of humor that made him a household name outside of the Brewers fandom.

Celebrate the life and legend of Bob Uecker with this new commemorative book from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.