Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 13, 2003
Uecker in Hall:

Bob Uecker has been elected to the broadcaster's wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. These paragraph struck me:


Despite his reputation as funnyman, enhanced by a top role in the TV show "Mr. Belvedere'' and about 100 appearance on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show,'' Uecker is much different on the radio.

His broadcasts rarely include the standup humor that has made his a favorite on the banquet circuit, and he's known for being self-effacing.

"When I sit down to work, I'm doing a straight broadcast. Fans don't want to hear some guy telling jokes and getting in the way of a game,'' he said.


I remember a few years ago before Dick Ebersol had ruined NBC sports, Costas and Uecker were doing the baseball playoffs together. Costas kept trying to get Uecker to do his schtick by feeding him lines, but Uecker just stuck to the game. Now I know why.

Congratulations to Mr. Uecker! I'm sure Milwaukee and fans of all his show business endeavors are pround of him today.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:07 PM | Baseball