Brewers' Christian Yelich reflects on friendship with legendary announcer Bob Uecker

The shot satellite mislaid a fable implicit the offseason erstwhile legendary broadcaster Bob Uecker died astatine the property of 90.

Uecker called games for the Milwaukee Brewers since 1971 and appeared successful the 1989 movie "Major League" and the film’s 2 sequels.

His past crippled was the Brewers' heartbreaking postseason nonaccomplishment to the Mets backmost successful October, erstwhile Pete Alonso became the archetypal subordinate successful MLB past to deed a go-ahead location tally successful the ninth inning oregon aboriginal of a winner-take-all crippled portion his squad was trailing.

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Legendary Brewers vigor broadcaster Bob Uecker acknowledges the assemblage earlier throwing retired the archetypal pitch. The Brewers played the Los Angeles Dodgers successful Game 1 of the National League Championship Series connected October 12, 2018, astatine Miller Park successful Milwaukee, Wis. (IMAGN)

Christian Yelich, who won an MVP with the squad successful 2018, was affectional aft the loss, mostly speaking astir Uecker.

"For me, it was talking to Ueck," helium said astatine the time. "That’s benignant of what — pugnacious one. All the different worldly is what it is. It’s a pugnacious mode for your play to end, but talking to ‘Uecky’ one-on-one was tough."

Not often bash broadcasters person adjacent relationships with players, but this was an exception. And successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital, Yelich made it known that Uecker's beingness is decidedly missed.

"I had gotten to cognize Bob highly good implicit the past 8 years. He and I were truly bully friends. He had astonishing stories and lived successful unthinkable life," Yelich said. "Just getting to perceive and speech astir the crippled and beryllium capable to genuinely beryllium friends with him, you know, I deliberation I got to spot him successful a unsocial airy that a batch of radical needfully didn't, who didn't truly cognize him similar that. He was astir astir each location crippled for us. He'd travel successful the clubhouse and conscionable bent retired and conscionable sprout the s--- with the guys successful the lunchroom oregon truly conscionable wherever.

Milwaukee Brewers vigor announcer Bob Uecker greets a subordinate earlier crippled against the Minnesota Twins astatine American Family Field.  (Benny Sieu/USA TODAY Sports)

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"He was friends with immoderate of the champion players successful the game. He lived this unthinkable life, whether it was Johnny Carson oregon astronauts calling him from the abstraction presumption connected his birthday, being successful the ‘Major League’ movies, helium conscionable had stories for days, and conscionable getting to perceive to those regular was thing that was really, truly cool. Obviously, everybody with the Brewers and shot and truly each astir the world, everybody misses Bob, and helium lived an unthinkable lifestyle."

"The happening astir Bob," Yelich added, "when you archetypal conscionable him, you consciousness similar you cognize him forever. That’s however helium makes everybody feel. He conscionable had specified an outgoing property and made everybody consciousness similar they're his friend. I deliberation it was a acquisition that helium had arsenic acold arsenic being capable to link to people. He benignant of disarms the concern quick. He's evidently a fable being Bob Uecker and each the things that he'd done successful his beingness up to that point. I retrieve the archetypal clip gathering him, you know, helium benignant of felt similar you'd known him for a agelong clip already, and past evidently our narration benignant of grew arsenic the years went by and got to cognize each different a small spot better. Spent a batch of clip hanging."

Uecker was calved and raised successful Milwaukee and enlisted successful the U.S. Army successful 1954. He played shot portion helium was astatine Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Belvoir. Uecker joined the Milwaukee Braves’ enactment successful 1956 and was successful the minors until helium got called up successful 1962. His vocation ended 5 years later.

Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker sits successful the dugout portion players workout astatine American Family Field successful Milwaukee connected April 6, 2022. (IMAGN)

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Uecker was a broadcaster successful Atlanta earlier doing broadcasts for the Brewers. He called games for 54 seasons earlier his death. He besides served arsenic a broadcaster for ABC and NBC during World Series and League Championship games. He called the Brewers’ 1982 World Series nonaccomplishment to the Cardinals for a section Milwaukee station.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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