Recalling the story in an interview with friend and fellow broadcasting legend Bob Costas in recent years, Uecker said there ...
Jerry Sutton, a Michigan State University baseball All-American alumnus and Minor League Baseball player for five seasons, ...
Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.
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 ...
The tuba incident from 1964 was just another example ... It was classic Ueck even before he became Mr. Baseball and a pop culture star. It's one of the many iconic moments from Uecker's life ...
He died Thursday at 90. Here's more about the time Uecker traded his baseball glove for a tuba: It was Oct. 8, 1964, and the Cardinals were looking to go up 2-0 in the series against the New York ...
He also played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves before his professional baseball career ended in 1967. He was on the Cardinals’ 1964 World Series-winning ...
In his Baseball Hall of Fame acceptance speech ... During his days as a catcher in the big leagues, Uecker was a member of the 1964 world champion St. Louis Cardinals. "From Day 1, he came ...
He brought joy to countless listeners through his wit, charisma, and love for baseball, Milwaukee ... and he was a member of the 1964 World Series Champion Cardinals. Near the beginning of his ...
Michigan State baseball All-American Jerry Sutton has passed away at the age of 82. A native of Lansing, Michigan, Sutton was a three-year letterwinner (1962-64) and starter at first base for ...
He played baseball for four major-league teams between ... He played for four teams and was part of the 1964 Cardinals World Series championship team. What he lacked on offense, he didn't make ...