Happy Friday, Athletics Nation!
Bob Uecker isn’t a prominent figure in A’s history, but he deserves recognition and respect from every baseball fan for his decades of contributions to the game, highlighted by 53 years as a Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster. As a kid, I came to know him as a TV dad on the 80s sitcom Mr. Belvedere.
Uecker continued calling games after his lung cancer diagnosis in 2023, holding fast to the game he loved until the very end. He died at the age of 90 yesterday. RIP, Mr. Baseball.