A message from beyond the grave, from Bob Uecker, to the Milwaukee Brewers, upon their clinching of a playoff berth (MLB).
September 14, 2025
"Howdy boys, never a doubt you would get this invitation. You did it by believing. Really miss you guys..."
"... and I wish I was there. Things are good. The God Almighty picked me to be on this team up here, albeit [as] the third catcher. It’s a great league, no day games after night games. No shadows, but you got all the sticky you need to have up here. Told the big guy about you guys. Play hard every night. Not afraid to play for each other. He’s obviously very interested with the group with this uncommon goodness. I know you guys don’t really need me, but I’ll tell you guys … I’ll be on the headset every night watching. And don’t forget to take it all in, enjoy, and keep it light, believe in each other."
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See, even Bob Uecker is with God Almighty without a Beatification.
Champagne flutes in the clubhouse?!? If you dinnt earn the bye you’d be out first round…
Well-earned.
This Cub fan offers sincere congratulations. Hope to see you in the playoffs.
Writing presumes the absence of the writer. You don't even have to be dead, just somewhere else.
Uecker was a member of the 1964 World Series Champion Cardinals, but spent the whole Series on the bench.
I didn't realize that he was Wisconsin's messiah, so I don't have much to say.
"October 1964." Halberstam's book. It seems like you could get a book out of every World's Series in the postwar era, and when it came to the Sixties the racial angle was heavily played up. World's Series lately -- are there any well-regarded books about them? Larger than life characters? Lessons to be drawn? Are people even watching?
"I didn't realize that he was Wisconsin's messiah"
We could do worse.
Norm Macdonald, who btw died today in 2021, told the funniest Bob Uecker stories. Those two were American treasures.
Never really been a Brewers fan, however Uecker's voice was just a pure pleasure to hear - almost regardless of what he said. . . . which was always terrific anyway. Same can be said of Vin Scully for my Dodgers. Hard to imagine how they got that good.
As an aside; last night on the way home, I found a way to stream the (far away) local radio broadcast for the last part of my NCAA football team's game. First of all I was surprised that I could find it. Second I was surprised that I could actually stream it and get it into the car. And lastly, I was kind of surprised that it was as non-good sounding as it was.
Does anybody even listen to radio broadcasts of sports anymore? I used to do it all the time: while I was driving or to have on in the background after work or during the weekend days while I was outside doing stuff. Maybe radio sports are still a thing, but I'm thinking maybe not really. Open question-
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