A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2010. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer Bob Uecker tips his cap before a baseball game between the Milwaukee ...

helped cement Uecker’s old “Mr. Baseball” name. The joy of his character in the trilogy, announcer Harry Doyle, comes in the way he combined Uecker’s two public personas: On the one hand ...

It’s not enough to simply call Bob Uecker an original, "1 of 1" or the last of his kind. Uecker was both the OG and the parody, a man whose friendly voice on the airwaves echoed the folksy ...

Bob Uecker, the legendary voice of the Milwaukee Brewers who was nicknamed “Mr. Baseball,” has died aged 90, the team announced on Thursday. The Brewers said he died Thursday morning at his home.

Carson was the one who dubbed Uecker "Mr. Baseball." And the name stuck. But Uecker's comedy was just a part of his abilities. His warm storytelling and delivery made Uecker a natural to become ...

and they often feature some of the biggest names in baseball history. He has said he was worried his home run off Sandy Koufax might keep Koufax out of the Hall of Fame (it didn't, nor did it keep ...