With the Super Bowl out of the way and March Madness on the horizon, we’re clearly on the way to a new season of baseball. It ...

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 ...

Bob Uecker, catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, in 1965. (Bettmann via Getty Images) In the press box, his wit and comedic chops became world-renowned. Brewers fans were known to tune in ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies were flying to another city in the late 1960s when Bob Uecker, then the team's seldom-used backup catcher, told the flight attendant he was sick. Uecker, who died ...

Former Milwaukee Braves catcher and current Brewers announcer Bob Uecker shown at work in the Milwaukee County Stadium broadcast booth. The Braves released Uecker in 1968, and the organization ...

WHEN BOB FIRST TRIED ON THE CATCHER’S GEAR. GEORGE, THIS IS MEMORIES OF BOB UECKER, HIS PLAYING DAYS PREDATE EVEN THESE BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES. WHEN HE WAS WITH THE MILWAUKEE BRAVES, AND WE HAVE ...

Known as a defensive catcher, he finished with a career batting average of just 200. It was after his playing days that he became a national figure. Bob Uecker catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals ...

Bob Uecker was a comedian even during his playing ... in 1956 and began his big-league career in 1962. The career backup catcher was sent down to the minors in 1961 because manager Charlie Dressen ...

Bob Uecker, the Milwaukee Brewers Hall of Fame broadcaster, who was a baseball icon on TV and movies for his ability to laugh at himself, died last week at the age of 90. Uecker, a catcher who ...

Former Reds catcher Johnny Bench also paid tribute to ... Reds players paid tribute to legendary baseball announcer Bob Uecker, who died Thursday at 90. Uecker broadcasted games for the Milwaukee ...

In a tribute to Bob Uecker, who died last week ... Uecker, who used his dry, self-deprecating humor to go from mediocre catcher to Hall of Fame broadcaster and pop culture icon, joined then-Admirals ...