It had to have been a very small window, somewhere between the start of my baseball fanaticism and the point where anyone with a TV, even a 6-year-old boy, would have recognized Bob Uecker.

Uecker, a baseball icon, television and movie funnyman and Hall of Fame Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer, died Thursday at the age of 90.

Bob Uecker's death has prompted all kinds of memories from his baseball, broadcasting and acting career to resurface.

Uecker left us with so many smiles that I wanted to pay tribute to his amazing baseball life with this collection of fun facts.

For 54 seasons of Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers fans experienced one constant: Bob Uecker. Moments after a heartbreaking loss in the National League Wild Card series to the New York ...

Bob Uecker with "60 Minutes" correspondent Jon Wertheim. CBS News Before serving 16 years as baseball's commissioner, Bud Selig owned the Brewers, and, in 1971, hired Uecker, misguidedly, as a scout.

Bob Uecker, the Milwaukee native who became one of baseball's most cherished orators while calling Brewers games, died Thursday. He was 90 years old. Uecker's family released a statement through ...

Bob Uecker took a radio gig with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1971. He stayed in that job the rest of his career, becoming a franchise and national icon.

Bob Uecker's final inning of Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play ended on a horrendous note, with the Brewers losing a 2-0 lead in Game 3 of the National League wild-card series.

Here's a lovely site dedicated to "Mr. Baseball" by one of his biggest fans at BobUeckerSays: "In 1965, Bob Uecker posed for his trading card batting left-handed.

Bob Uecker, who parlayed six laughable seasons as a light-hitting catcher into a second career in comedy highlighted by hilarious turns in the Major League movies, on The Tonight Show and in beer ...