Bob Uecker, the Milwaukee native who became one of baseball's most cherished orators while calling Brewers games, died Thursday. He was 90 years old.

It had to have been a very small window, somewhere between the start of my baseball fanaticism and the point where anyone with a TV, even a 6-year-old boy, would have recognized Bob Uecker.

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

Uecker left us with so many smiles that I wanted to pay tribute to his amazing baseball life with this collection of fun facts.

Bob Uecker with "60 Minutes" correspondent Jon Wertheim. CBS News Before serving 16 years as baseball's commissioner, Bud Selig owned the Brewers, and, in 1971, hired Uecker, misguidedly, as a scout.

Many familiar faces that appeared on baseball cards and went on to stay in baseball after their playing days passed away in the past few months. Bob Uecker was one of them. Born in Milwaukee, Uke ...

Bob Uecker's final inning of Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play ended on a horrendous note, with the Brewers losing a 2-0 lead in Game 3 of the National League wild-card series.

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

While many expected Bob Uecker's signoff these playoffs to be his final call, he said he hasn't made that decision yet.

During six undistinguished seasons in the major leagues, Bob Uecker never played an inning for the Milwaukee Brewers. But during his more than half-century as the team's play-by-play announcer, he ...

Uecker died on Jan. 16. In November, Jon Wertheim chatted with the Brewers’ play-by-play announcer about his storied career and life.