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Bob Uecker and 'Major League' are returning to Marcus Theatres across Wisconsin

The 1989 baseball comedy filmed in Milwaukee featured Uecker's memorable performance as cynical, and very funny, play-by-play announcer Harry Doyle.

R.I.P. Bob Uecker, legendary baseball announcer and Major League actor

Bob Uecker has died. Although best known for his legendary stint as the play-by-play radio announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers—a job he held for 54 years, continuing into the 2024 season—Uecker was also a sort of sports-based renaissance man.

The legend of Harry Doyle: 'Major League' director talks Uecker's classic character

"In a way, there is no 'Major League' without Bob Uecker," Director David S. Ward told me in a phone call. The world became a sadder and much less funny place on Thursday when it was announced that Bob Uecker passed away at the age of 90.

Legendary Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker dies

The Big Lead on MSN · 1h

Bob Uecker's broadcast booth partner shares details of emotional last meeting

Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play broadcaster Jeff Levering first shared a booth with Bob Uecker in 2015. The first 10 years of his major league career overlapped with the last of Uecker's 54. Baseball's last crossover celebrity broadcaster died Thursday at age 90.

USA Today · 3h

Brewers broadcaster Jeff Levering shares memories, emotional story of visit with Bob Uecker before he passed away

We’re going to constantly be seeing reminders of Bob,” said longtime broadcast partner Jeff Levering, who shared broadcasts with Uecker in 2015.

The Washington Post · 1d

Reactions to the death of 'Mr. Baseball,' longtime Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker

The baseball community is mourning the loss of Bob Uecker following the death of the longtime Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster at the age of 90

Bob Uecker's legacy and all reasons he was so loved

'Mr. Baseball' Bob Uecker passes away at 90

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.

Fastball On SI on MSN · 11m

For Brewers Fans, Bob Uecker Was One Of Us — And We Loved Him For It

By TODD GOLDEN ''Special to Fastball on SI'' Back in October, I was driving back to my Bloomington, Ind., home from Big Ten Basketball Media Days in Chicago. A

The Big Lead on MSN · 4h

Bob Uecker's legacy and all the reasons he was so loved

He earned the nickname "Mr. Baseball" for what the self-mocking funny man did off the field rather than on it.

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'I must be in the front row:' The iconic beer commercials featuring Bob Uecker almost didn't happen

As high-profile as his appearances were in places like calling Brewers games, on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson, the ...

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MLB Fans Share Best Bob Uecker Stories, Tributes After His Death at 90

Uecker played six years in MLB and then became one of the most beloved announcers in baseball with the Milwaukee Brewers. His ...

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