A Few Minutes With Bob Uecker
Mr. Baseball, Hall of Fame Brewers announcer Bob Uecker sang the stretch yesterday and spent a few minutes with us in the booth. For anyone who missed it, here's a few bits, including his singing:
I love doing that. Cub fans are great and I love coming here. They fill this place every day. It's always nice to be with you guys.
Len: Congratulations on your 50th year in baseball.
Bob U: It went by kind of fast. I keep beating that guy off with the shovel, and he hasn't gotten me yet.
Len: You entered the Hall of Fame in 2003 as a broadcaster and you just missed it as a player, right?
Bob U: I wasn't even sure what they would do when I went up there. I thought the plaque might be on the outside wall behind that place. I had a good time. It was a lot of fun. Again, I love coming to this ballpark. The atmosphere is unbelievable. You come to Miller Park and see the Cub fans that follow this franchise - what they do here and in St. Louis is unbelievable.
Bob B: One of my favorite stories of yours is how you got into baseball.
Bob U: The scout talked to my dad. Back at that time, bonuses weren't all that big. Three thousand bucks, which my old man couldn't really afford, but the Braves took it. I mean that was change and everything. We emptied out the cupboards and everything else. I never thought I'd sign because we got up to two thousand eight hundred and some bucks and I thought the Braves might walk out. But we looked around and found some more change and stuff. It happened, yeah, and it was magic - a Cinderella story.