The Brewers' decision-makers may be tempted to change Sal Frelick's role for the upcoming season, but is it a risk worth taking?
But a weekend trip to this city on Lake Michigan’s sunrise shore offers visitors, even teetotalers, so much more. Milwaukee has a wide variety of lodging options including the historic Hilton Milwaukee City Center,
Bob Uecker, who died Jan. 16, was not only a baseball player, but a comedic actor in roles including the movie "Major League."
Major League' was the first acting role ever for Skip Griparis, who played the soft-spoken sidekick to Bob Uecker's memorable Harry Doyle character.
Two of Bob Uecker’s claims to fame — baseball and acting — came together brilliantly in one famous line: “Juuuust a bit outside!” It was the combination of humor and great broadcasting that made him one of America’s great personalities.
Milwaukee fans could listen to Uecker broadcast Brewers games ... “He made Harry Doyle the character it was," David S. Ward, the movie's director, said Thursday night. "In a way, he was kind of a narrator of the movie almost. The attitude he carried ...
No baseball player has ever done more with less than Uecker. He played in the majors for six years, but he never exactly blossomed into a star. “In 1962, I was named minor league player of the year. It was my second season in the bigs,
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He was an announcer and media celebrity, but Bob Uecker might have gained more notoriety than anything else as a beer pitchman in Miller Lite commercials.
Pat Murphy will enter his second season as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2025. He had one of the best first seasons by a Brewers’ manager, tied for the second-highest win total with George Bamberger.
Murphy always likes to tell reporters that damage is thrown; hitting for power, he's saying, is more about taking advantage of pitchers' mistakes than anything else. Thus, the most essential element to hitting for damage — as far as swing decisions are concerned, at least — is fairly simple: Swinging at the right pitches.