MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras agreed Friday to a one-year contract guaranteeing $6.1 million, avoiding an arbitration hearing. CC Sabathia became a Brewers legend in his ...

Uecker ended his major league playing career with a 200 batting average in 297 games. He had some big moments, including a hit off Sandy Koufax. And he could boast that he caught two of the best pitch ...

Five years ago, almost to the date, I wrote a column about covering the NCAA College Football Playoff National Championship ...

Bob Uecker, who died on Jan. 15, 2025 at age 90, was a former catcher who played for the Braves in Milwaukee and Atlanta, St. Louis Cardinals and the Phillies (1966-67) during a six-year career in the ...

Bob Uecker as a Milwaukee Brave in 1963 ... trouble finding a reliable backstop for his dancing pitch with the Atlanta Braves, the organization re-acquired Uecker from the Phillies in 1967 ...

ATLANTA — Former Atlanta Braves player turned iconic broadcaster Bob Uecker, 90, has died. His hometown team announced that “Mr. Baseball” died Thursday morning in what has become “one of ...

I remember watching Bob Uecker when he was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The former major league ...

Bob Uecker was a comedian even during his playing ... finding a reliable backstop for his dancing pitch with the Atlanta Braves, the organization re-acquired Uecker from the Phillies in 1967 ...

But today, since Bob Uecker died, he was a good friend of mine ... Matthews spent five seasons in San Francisco before becoming a free agent and signing with the Atlanta Braves. After four seasons ...

Bob Uecker was known for many things in a life well lived. A part of Uecker’s life, one probably not mentioned in the many ...

Marcus Theatres is honoring Brewers announcer Bob Uecker in a special way ... Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves during his six-year career. Known as a defensive catcher, he finished ...

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 ...