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Steve's PlaceOh. I missed this. RIP Bob. You were smart and hysterically funny at times. Not a terrible baseball player, either.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/bob-uecker-passes-away.html
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/ueckebo01.shtml
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Nowhere ManAP - 'Juuuust a bit outside!' Uecker's acting and broadcasting ability came together in Major League
https://apnews.com/article/bob-uecker-harry-doyle-major-league-ffb471d24405282f3af1002d442d9617
'Juuuust a bit outside!' Uecker's acting and broadcasting ability came together in 'Major League'
Milwaukee fans could listen to Bob Uecker broadcast Brewers games for over a half-century. But he showed off his play-by-play skills — and comedic talent — for more of a national audience when he appeared in the 1989 classic “Major League” as Cleveland announcer Harry Doyle. Like many of the characters that made “Major League” a hit, Doyle was a caricature. He wore his hopes and frustrations on his sleeve as the home team bumbled through the start of the season and then stormed into contention. Uecker’s deadpanned delivery made his lines particularly humorous — and added some authenticity to the baseball scenes.
SuperMoneyBob Uecker (1934–2025) From humble beginnings to beloved legend, Bob proved you don’t need to be the best to succeed—just heart, humor, and passion. https://bit.ly/4g3v0JF
Rest easy, Mr. Baseball. #BobUecker #MrBaseball #SuperMoney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5no-uPGC-8
Rest easy, Mr. Baseball. #BobUecker #MrBaseball #SuperMoney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5no-uPGC-8
kurtshCrap. 2025 already sucks. RIP Harry Doyle, the announcing GOAT who was always, "Juusssst a bit outside..."
✅ Bob Uecker, beloved baseball announcer and ‘Major League’ actor, dies at 90 - Yahoo Sports
https://www.today.com/news/sports/bob-uecker-dies-rcna187979
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Ruth O’DayI was going to post this #BobUecker quote on #MLB opening day, but since he’s got his opening day in The League Upstairs, here is some wisdom from the American philosopher, Bob Uecker:
“Opening Day. All you have to do is say the two words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no losses, no blame or disappointment. No hangover, at least until the game's over.”
There are a million Bob Uecker quotes, some from real life, some as the Harry Doyle character in the Major League films.
This is my favourite:
"Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. To last as long as I did with the skills I had, with the numbers I produced, was a triumph of the human spirit." Source: Catcher in the Wry (Bob Uecker, 1982)
With a career spanning six seasons his stats certainly don’t give the picture of someone who would last that long in the bigs. Yet he did.
His negative WAR* is a bit misleading. Five of his six seasons were not negative: one zero and four positives fractions that didn’t even reach a whole number. Not a tonne of power but an average of 8 HR over a 162-game season.
WAR AB H HR BA
-1.0 731 146 14 .200
WAR = wins above replacement, how many more wins he would bring to his team compared to what the team would have with a player who was ordinary.
Stats as per baseball-reference dot com.