Milwaukee remembers Uecker with memorial

A Brewers flag was wrapped around the Uecker statue, positioned to look like a superhero cape.

“Just a bit outside” and to the right of the American Family Field home plate entrance, Bob Uecker stands tall.

But his statue looks a bit different than normal. The smell of flowers, beer and fresh bratwurst lingers in the air around Uecker’s statue, a site Milwaukeeans have been flocking to since the morning of Jan. 16 to pay homage to the legendary local broadcaster and baseball player.

Uecker played Major League Baseball for five years, including a debut stint with the Milwaukee Brewers.

After retiring, he worked as a broadcaster, calling 54 years of radio play-by-play for the Brewers, the…