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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.
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.
Sandy Koufax's number 32 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1972. Koufax was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, his first year of eligibility. At 36 years and 20 days old, he became the youngest person ever elected, five months younger than Lou Gehrig was at the time of his special election in December 1939.
One of his 14 major-league homers came off great Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax. In typical Uecker form, he said he worried that homer would keep Koufax out of the Hall of Fame.
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.
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 ...
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.
Bob Uecker, who parlayed a forgettable playing career into a punch line for movie and TV appearances as “Mr. Baseball” and a Hall of Fame broadcasting tenure, has died. The Milwaukee Brewers ...