The Brewers manager reflected to the Journal Sentinel on the final season and then the passing of one of his closest friends.

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

Jeff Levering, the Swiss Army knife of the Brewers’ broadcast team who bounces between radio and television depending on the need, has a voicemail from Bob Uecker which he will treasure forever. It is short and sweet.

Among those paying tribute to the late Bob Uecker is a local broadcaster and close friend of “Mr. Baseball,” Bob Uecker. Hughes spent 12 years calling Milwaukee Brewers games alongside Uecker.

The San Francisco Giants have a big lesson to learn on how to treat their broadcasters from the Brewers and Bob Uecker, writes SFGATE columnist.

Bob Uecker "never took himself seriously" and that is what endeared him to Brewers fans and made him a Milwaukee treasure.

The players inside the Milwaukee Brewers clubhouse always said that Bob Uecker was one of the boys. And he sure was. In every possible way. As three of the most prominent Brewers of the final two decades of Uecker’s career behind the mic – Ryan Braun,

Bob Uecker was the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker "Mr. Baseball" and honors from the Hall of Fame.

Bob Uecker was a famously mediocre Major League hitter who discovered that he was much more comfortable at a microphone than home plate. And that was just the start of a second career in entertainment that reached far beyond the ballpark.

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