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Uecker, who died Thursday at 90, used to sit in the bullpen at Connie Mack Stadium and deliver play-by-play commentary into a beer cup.

Bob Uecker, the legendary voice of the Brewers who died Thursday at the age of 90, was battling a previously undisclosed illness.

The former Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster died at the age of 90 almost two years after he was diagnosed with cancer.

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 ...

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

Former Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig pays respect to Bob Uecker following the baseball legend's passing

The Milwaukee Brewers announced that Hall of Fame broadcaster and legend Bob Uecker passed away at the age ... St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. After retiring, Uecker embarked on a new career as a radio broadcaster, beginning in 1971 as ...

Bob Uecker's death has prompted all kinds of memories from his baseball, broadcasting and acting career to resurface.

Bob Uecker, who died Thursday at the age of 90, was just a few years removed from that underwhelming playing career when he was the main speaker at the 26th annual Lancaster Sportswriters and Sportscasters banquet at the Host Farm Motel in Lancaster on Jan.

Beloved baseball broadcaster and actor Bob Uecker, who parlayed an unremarkable playing ... “I’d be sitting there and (Philadelphia Phillies manager Gene Mauch would) say, ‘Grab a bat and stop this rally,’” Uecker told a laughing audience.

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