As a teenager, Jim Bark would wait outside the visiting teams clubhouse at County Stadium in Milwaukee hoping to get an autograph from some of his favorite baseball players. The Racine, Wisconsin ...
Uecker ended his major league playing career with a 200 batting average in 297 games. He had some big moments, including a hit off Sandy Koufax. And he could boast that he caught two of the best pitch ...
A 3-3 got the batter a triple. My batting order for the Milwaukee Braves in 1963 was something like Lee Maye, Frank Bolling, Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Joe Torre, Del Crandall, a couple of other guys, ...
Bob Uecker was a famously mediocre Major League hitter who discovered that he was much more comfortable at a microphone than home plate. And that was just the start of a second career in entertainment ...
His teammates included Hall of Famers Niekro, Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn of the Braves and, in St. Louis, Bob Gibson and Lou Brock. In addition to his baseball broadcasting and ...
Belvedere” (118) than games for the Braves — in three seasons (108 ... He showed up in the same box scores as Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Warren Spahn, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Joe Torre ...
He first entered the public eye as a catcher for the 1962 Milwaukee Braves, a high-profile ballclub that included three future Hall of Fame players in Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn ...
But, you know, when I first joined the Braves, and when I got into a game, a spring training game, you know, and I was able to catch Warren Spahn, and I mean, what a thrill that was, you know?
His teammates included Hall of Famers Niekro, Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn of the Braves and, in St. Louis, Bob Gibson and Lou Brock. In addition to his baseball broadcasting and ...