John Sterling called Yankees games for over three decades before he retired this past year from the broadcast booth — a run that wasn’t surpassed by many, but Bob Uecker was one. “I loved ...
Uecker rose to fame initially in TV commercials for Miller Lite primarily featuring a band of ex big-league athletes, the Miller Lite All-Stars, including John Madden, Tommy Heinsohn, Bubba Smith ...
In a 1983 ad, featuring a young John Goodman, Uecker is celebrated by adoring fans in a bar before it’s revealed that he told everyone he’s Hall-of-Fame pitcher Whitey Ford. Uecker steadily ...