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The inside story of Uecker's final game as baseball bids farewell to legend
MILWAUKEE -- 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.
“Great job tonight,” Uecker said with the upbeat lilt known to generations of baseball fans. “We’ll see you tomorrow.”
It was the night of Oct. 2. The Brewers had just rallied to beat the Mets in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series with eighth-inning home runs from 20-year-old phenom Jackson Chourio and Garrett Mitchell. Uecker was listening to Levering and Lane Grindle call the thrilling finish on his car radio during his drive home.
Uecker hadn’t called a Brewers game for some time, weakened by myriad health concerns including, his family revealed on Thursday after news of Uecker’s passing at age 90, a multi-year battle with small cell lung cancer. He’d come to American Family Field for Game 1 of that series but was unable to work. Uecker intended to work Game 2 and even did his pregame show with Brewers manager Pat Murphy, but by game time he was spent. He told Levering, “All right, you got it.”
“Great job tonight,” Uecker said with the upbeat lilt known to generations of baseball fans. “We’ll see you tomorrow.”
It was the night of Oct. 2. The Brewers had just rallied to beat the Mets in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series with eighth-inning home runs from 20-year-old phenom Jackson Chourio and Garrett Mitchell. Uecker was listening to Levering and Lane Grindle call the thrilling finish on his car radio during his drive home.
Uecker hadn’t called a Brewers game for some time, weakened by myriad health concerns including, his family revealed on Thursday after news of Uecker’s passing at age 90, a multi-year battle with small cell lung cancer. He’d come to American Family Field for Game 1 of that series but was unable to work. Uecker intended to work Game 2 and even did his pregame show with Brewers manager Pat Murphy, but by game time he was spent. He told Levering, “All right, you got it.”
Read more: https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/brewers-baseball-world-mourn-passing-of-bob-uecker
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without Mr. Baseball. He was truly a class act.
