 Bob
Uecker Mr. Baseball CD
Bob Uecker
1934 -
Runniung time 68 minutes: Some of the subjects covered - Personal
memories, Young Bob Uecker, PLAYING CAREER, STANDUP STANDOUT, VOICE
OF THE BEWERS, Get up & Get out of Here, 1982, Lite Beer, 1987,
Major League, Robin 3000, Cooperstown, Canadian Diplomacy, Legacy,
Close
Narrated and produced by Pat Hughes WGN radio play by play of the
Chicago Cubs since 1996 and a big league broadcaster since 1983.
Bob Uecker is many things. He is a former big league ballplayer,
and now a Hall of Fame Broadcaster. Bob is also a professional comedian
and one of the funniest men who has ever lived. He is an actor and
a commercial spokesman.
Bob Uecker is also my friend.
He and I were the radio announcing team of the Milwaukee Brewers
for 12 years, ending in 1995. He taught me more about baseball than
anyone, and we shared many great laughs together.
If you are a Bob Uecker fan, I can promise you 2 things: you will
enjoy this CD, and you will laugh out loud while listening to it!
In producing this tribute, I tried to mix in plenty of Bob’s
Brewers radio highlights along with some hilarious moments of his
entertainment career.
His 2003 Hall of Fame speech was a classic, and the highlights
of it are on the CD.
If you are a longtime fan of the Milwaukee Brewers, there are entire
tracks devoted to both 1982 and 1987, guaranteed to bring back happy
memories. You will hear Bob making calls of big moments provided
by players like Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Cecil Cooper, Ben Oglivie
and Gorman Thomas. Robin’s 3000th hit is the focus of Track
#14.
Track #16 I called “Canadian Diplomacy” and it is one
of the funniest things I have heard in a long time. It’s Bob
(or is it?) pretending to be a French-Canadian journalist by the
name of Jean Jacque Smythe.
It’s doubtful that a former big league player will ever achieve
the level of entertainment success that Bob Uecker has. Sure, he’s
been compensated for all those gigs, but he has always done that
stuff “for laughs.”
It’s baseball that he loves and he keeps coming back year
after year to his hometown to announce baseball on the radio for
the Milwaukee Brewers.
Please enjoy the CD!
Pat Hughes
December 2007
Bob Uecker
Mr. Baseball
CD Tracks
1. Open
2. Intro
3. Mr. Baseball
4. Personal Memories
5. Young Bob
6. Playing Career
7. Standup Standout
8. Voice of the Brewers
9. Get Up and Get Out of Here
10. 1982
11. Lite Beer
12. 1987
13. Major League
14. Robin 3000
15. Cooperstown
16. Canadian Diplomacy
17. Legacy
18. Close
19. Credits
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