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MorganMiller1926 · 04-30-2019, 03:09 PM

See Page 16, Section 301 of this thread.
I'm sure Bob Uecker has just made a self-deprecating joke when this photo was taken. It looks like in the last year of his six years MLB playing career (1962-1967), Uke already had his dead-pan humor stare down pat and was preparing for a post-playing career in stand-up comedy (which led to his movie roles and his broadcasting job with the Brewers, where he eventually won the Ford Frick award, earning him a spot in the broadcasting wing of the Baseball Hall Of Fame.) Uecker struggled valiantly with the Phillies and Braves in his final MLB season (1967) to keep his lifetime batting average from dipping below .200 and he barely succeeded, finishing with a lifetime batting average of .1997, which rounds up to .200 - and that struggle was grist for his comedic mill. Despite telling knee-slapping, eyes-watering stories about his playing days that had his audiences in stitches, Uecker remained stoic and never cracked a smile while telling hilariously funny tales about his baseball exploits As one writer put it "All you need to know about whether Bob Uecker was funny or not, is that he could make (renowned sourpuss) Eddie Murray laugh out loud.".
Without a trace of a giveaway smile, Uecker still keeps them laughing today at age 84.

04-30-2019, 03:09 PM	#1122
MorganMiller1926 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 157	Bob Uecker: By 1967 he was Ready For Johnny Carson & The Tonight Show See Page 16, Section 301 of this thread. I'm sure Bob Uecker has just made a self-deprecating joke when this photo was taken. It looks like in the last year of his six years MLB playing career (1962-1967), Uke already had his dead-pan humor stare down pat and was preparing for a post-playing career in stand-up comedy (which led to his movie roles and his broadcasting job with the Brewers, where he eventually won the Ford Frick award, earning him a spot in the broadcasting wing of the Baseball Hall Of Fame.) Uecker struggled valiantly with the Phillies and Braves in his final MLB season (1967) to keep his lifetime batting average from dipping below .200 and he barely succeeded, finishing with a lifetime batting average of .1997, which rounds up to .200 - and that struggle was grist for his comedic mill. Despite telling knee-slapping, eyes-watering stories about his playing days that had his audiences in stitches, Uecker remained stoic and never cracked a smile while telling hilariously funny tales about his baseball exploits As one writer put it "All you need to know about whether Bob Uecker was funny or not, is that he could make (renowned sourpuss) Eddie Murray laugh out loud.". Without a trace of a giveaway smile, Uecker still keeps them laughing today at age 84.