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Robert George Uecker (/ ˈ juː k ər / YOO-kər; January 26, 1934 – January 16, 2025) was an American professional baseball catcher and sportscaster who served as the play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) for 54 seasons.
Sanford Koufax (/ ˈ k oʊ f æ k s /; né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966.
The series is best remembered for the heroics of Sandy Koufax, who was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. Koufax did not pitch in Game 1, as it fell on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. He pitched well but lost Game 2 before going on to toss shutouts in Games 5 and 7 (with only two days of rest in between) to win the championship.
Bob Uecker's broadcasting career. Uecker's broadcasting career began at WSB-TV in Atlanta in 1969 as part of the Braves' broadcast booth. He was named to the broadcast booth in Milwaukee by former ...
WP: Jim Palmer (1–0) LP: Sandy Koufax (0–1) Game 2 was a matchup between two future Hall of Famers, one whose career was just beginning and the other making his final appearance. The Dodgers started left-handed ace Sandy Koufax , who was pitching in his last season but had won his third Cy Young Award in four years with 27 wins, 317 ...
Uecker was a career .200 hitter, known more for his shenanigans on the field than his play – although he did hit home runs off Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax, Gaylord Perry, and Ferguson Jenkins.
2.2 Record vs. opponents. ... Sandy Koufax: Starting pitcher: Notable transactions ... 32 Sandy Koufax; 15 Bob Miller; 41 Larry Miller; 38 Joe Moeller;
I had two,” he often joked. “I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.” Uecker also befriended former Brewers owner and MLB commissioner Bud Selig, who initially hired him as a scout. Selig liked to joke about how Uecker’s initial scouting report was stained with mashed potatoes and gravy.