SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – People here in our region are remembering Bob Uecker, who died at 90 years old.
He signed his first professional contract with his hometown team, The Milwaukee Braves in 1956. The backup catcher, comedian, and soon became a hall-of-fame broadcaster better known as “Mr.Baseball.”
Local professor and author of ‘Regulating the National Pastime,’ Jerold Duquette, believes he left a unique mark on the sport. He’s really been kind of an institution for baseball for everyone that’s a baseball fan and one of the unique things about that is I’m a Red Sox fan,” says Duquette.