From the July 24, 2020, Chicago Tribune by Steve Megargee, AP.
Last season was Bob Uecker's 50th in the Brewer's broadcast booth.
And, he was facing his biggest challenge during that time, the pandemic. He broadcast the 2020 season's games at Miller Field, home of the Brewers and that included the road games which he watched on a monitor.
The 86-year-old announcer came back for his 50th season and 65th in baseball overall, including a six-year playing career with the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies from 1962 to 1967. (Totals: Batting average: .200, 14 home runs, 74 RBI. Not exactly what you'd call amazing.)
But, he made fun of this. And, then there were those great commercials. Ever since April 2014, there has been a statue of Bob Uecker in the back row of Miller Field's nosebleed seats in homage to his 1980s Lite Beer commercial where he arrived at the park and says, "I must be in the front row."
Of course, I always enjoy it when he is at Wrigley Field and they have him do the 7th inning stretch "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and he always, I mean always yells "And it's root, root, root for the Brewers." Looks like the Cub front office would be aware of that bit of sacrilege.
--CootUeck
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