For a backup catcher with limited physical talent, Bob Uecker enjoyed a larger-than-life career in baseball and beyond – due, in large part, to an uncanny ability to laugh at himself. Uecker,

The loss of Uecker is a massive one for the baseball community (and for sports broadcasting as a while) as the legendary voice called Brewers games for over five decades. Uecker retired as the voice of the Brewers last season, over twenty years after he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.

Bob Uecker was 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.