Goddamn, I'll miss Uecker. Loved listening to him call a game. Catcher in the Wry is one of the best baseball books I've ever read.
Read it as well. Uecker was a national treasure. Me and my pops used to love it when he was a guest on the Tonight Show. His self-deprecating brand of humor was so good. It's ironic that last night, I sent my dad a video of one of his appearances with Carson. Prime example was Johnny held up a series of pictures, asking Uecker to comment on the setting.
He holds one up of a locker room celebration, with champagne, cigars etc. Johnny asks, "Is this a World Series celebration?"
Uecker without cracking a smile...."No, that's before the game when they heard I wasn't in the line up."
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