Bob Uecker, the Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster whom Johnny Carson dubbed “Mr. Baseball,” is dead at 90. He died of stem-cell cancer, which he had been battling privately since his diagnosis in ...
Mr. Baseball' with Johnny Carson Uecker first crossed over into the mainstream on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," beginning in 1971. Carson gave Uecker the nickname, "Mr. Baseball" during ...
and over 100 appearances on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson." Ultimately his spot in the Milwaukee Brewers broadcast booth would take him to the Baseball Hall of Fame.