`Mr. Baseball' Uecker continues to broadcast Brewers' games at 90
Bob Uecker received a hearty ovation from fans chanting “Ueck” when the legendary broadcaster appeared on the American Family Field video board early in the Milwaukee Brewers' home opener Tuesday.
Brewers fans don't know how many more times they'll get to continue cheering the presence of “Mr. Baseball.”
Uecker was back at the ballpark handling play-by-play on the radio broadcast of Milwaukee's game with the Minnesota Twins as team officials remained circumspect about the 90-year-old's workload for the rest of the year.
This will be Uecker's 54th season broadcasting Brewers baseball, though he has limited himself to home games for the last several years.
Uecker became the voice of the Brewers in 1971 and has been part of their broadcast team ever since. Uecker regularly makes appearances on the field and in the locker room conversing with players and coaches. LUCCHINO, FORCE BEHIND RETRO BALLPARK REVOLUTION AND DROUGHT-BUSTING RED SOX, DIES AT 78 >> Larry Lucchino, the harddriving force behind baseball's retro ballpark revolution and the transformation of the Boston Red Sox from cursed losers to World Series champions, has died. The former Red Sox president was 78.
Lucchino, who was a three-time cancer survivor, died early Tuesday morning of congenital heart failure. His death was confirmed by his family and the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox, where he had most recently been the primary owner and chairman — the last project in a career that was also linked to three major league baseball franchises and one in the NFL.
A Pittsburgh native who played on the 1965 NCAA Final Four Princeton basketball team captained by future U.S. senator and basketball Hall of Famer Bill Bradley, Lucchino went on to Yale Law School and worked on the House Judiciary Committee investigating the Watergate scandal. RANGERS' JUNG BREAKS WRIST ON SWINGING STRIKE >> Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung fractured his right wrist on a strange strike in the ninth inning of Monday night's 9-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Jung was hit by Phil Maton's pitch while swinging and was replaced by Josh Smith to finish the plate appearance. The two batters before Jung had been hit by pitches from Maton.
Texas manager Bruce Bochy had no timetable for how long Jung, an AllStar last year, will be out.
NFL
WENTZ, EDWARDS-HELAIRE AGREE TO 1-YEAR DEALS WITH THE CHIEFS >> The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to one-year deals with quarterback Carson Wentz and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press, giving them a backup for Patrick Mahomes and some depth in their backfield.
Wentz, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 draft, will join his fifth team in five years after starting his career in Philadelphia and spending last season with the Rams. He was 4745-1 as a starter in eight seasons with the Eagles, where he finished third in NFL MVP voting in 2017 but tore two knee ligaments and watched backup Nick Foles lead them to a Super Bowl victory.
Edwards-Helaire is a known commodity in Kansas City, which picked him 32nd overall in the 2020 draft.