Uecker ended his major league playing career with a 200 batting average in 297 games. He had some big moments, including a hit off Sandy Koufax. And he could boast that he caught two of the best pitch ...

Wade began writing books to fill the time when he was away from the game. He published his second novel in November.

New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner admitted that "it's difficult" for MLB team owners to compete with the Los Angeles ...

Bob Uecker, who died on Jan. 15, 2025 at age 90, was a former catcher who played for the Braves in Milwaukee and Atlanta, St. Louis Cardinals and the Phillies (1966-67) during a six-year career in the ...

Did you hear the one about the time Bob Uecker propelled the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1964 World Series? First, let’s set the scene before we get too far ahead of ourselves.

Former Phillies outfielder Gary Matthews ... “I’ll talk about my life story. But today, since Bob Uecker died, he was a good friend of mine, I’m gonna start off with him and tell a few stories about ...

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 ...

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, 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.

Bob Uecker was known for his outstanding ... He was largely a backup who played for the Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves during his six years in ...

Bob Uecker, the Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster with a quick wit and an unending love of the game, died Thursday. He was 90. Uecker had been battling small cell lung cancer since 2023, his ...

Bob Uecker, who died Thursday at the age of ... St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves. “A good year would have ruined me, so I quit,” he said. He hit ...