Bob Uecker's heartbreaking final call as Brewers announcer resurfaces after legend's death at 90
Bob Uecker's heartbreaking final call as Brewers announcer resurfaces after legend's death at 90
Share:
As fans pay tribute to the legendary baseball broadcaster Bob Uecker, audio from his final call has gone viral on social media. Uecker, a former baseball player and longtime broadcaster, passed away at the age of 90 on Thursday. A World Series championship-winning catcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, Uecker was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native who played one season for the Milwaukee Braves before playing in St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Atlanta.
![[The Brewers lost their last game of the NL Wild Card as Pete Alonso hit a home run for the Mets]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/23/94192791-14294211-image-a-2_1737071941025.jpg)
He then spent over five decades calling baseball games - both nationally with ABC and NBC and locally for the Milwaukee Brewers. Sure enough, Uecker was on the call in the final contest of the Brewers' 2024 season - Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series against the New York Mets.
![[A Brewers fan leaves flowers at a statue of Uecker outside American Family Field]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/23/94192795-14294211-image-a-3_1737071943564.jpg)
In that game, the Brewers took a seventh-inning 2-0 lead that they held up until a bomb from Mets first baseman Pete Alonso gave New York the lead. This ended up being Bob Uecker’s final call ever 😢 RIP to a legend pic.twitter.com/L4adEomvw2. Fans are re-visiting the final call of Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker, who died at 90.
The Brewers lost their last game of the NL Wild Card as Pete Alonso hit a home run for the Mets. A Brewers fan leaves flowers at a statue of Uecker outside American Family Field. The Mets held on to win the game - with the final out coming when the Brewers' Brice Turang grounded out into a double play.
Uecker's call of the final out went as such: '4-2 New York, the pitch... a double-play ball hit to Lindor and the throw is gonna wind up with a double-play and the New York Mets, after coming from behind with a big four-run ninth inning rally, overcome that three run deficit. Wow.
