Uecker's call of McGehee's home run

[NYChez]

I didn't know the appropriate place to post this, but you owe it to yourself to go to the 4/10 game recap / highlights on jsonline, get to the 3:30 mark, and listen to Uecker's call of Casey's home run that beat the Cubs. Think Ryan Braun 9/28/08 or Rob Deer Easter 1987.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brewers/56616762.html

[DuWayne Steurer]

Yeah, we were listening to the game outside while working in the yard, and I said to my neighbor and wife at the time yesterday "That's one of the more animated calls I've heard from Ueck in recent memories.:"

[Hammer]

Yep...goose bumps and actually some moisture in the eyes. Good stuff...

[hawing]

Yep. As we first heard the recap on the car radio on the way out of the park, I realized that this one would be worth downloading.

I often have my Walkman on during cubs games, in an attempt to drown out the visiting fans. I had it on during that play yesterday and heard the beginning of Bob's call, but then things around us got pretty loud. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif One of these days, when we are in our loge seats, I'm going to try to remember to turn around and see for myself how Bob is reacting to a big hit. Usually I'm distracted, though.

[chuckiehacks]

I was hoping this would be out there somewhere. I was at the park with my kids (one with a playground and swings, not the park). I was checking in once in a while on gameday, but then on the walk home, I heard the bottom of the 8th and top of the 9th. Never has a cel phone speakerphone sounded so good.

 

My first thought was also Easter Sunday.

[wisconsinfan47]

That call is amazing. Ueck has sounded great this year - great energy, he's sharp, and sounds healthy. After missing part of 2010, I could see Ueck being worth 4-5 Wins above Replacement and pushing the Crew into the playoffs this year.

[raven2479]

Watching highlights on mlbnetwork.com this morning and found a video called Must C: Clutch. It is this homer with both versions, TV call and Radio call. Good stuff!

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13677967

[brewmann04]

absoultly Priceless would love to win a WS just For MR Uecker.

[PrinceEatMeat]

That was good stuff from Ueck there. I really want another playoff run, just to here all of the golden calls he'll have. There would be nothing better than a World Series winning call though.

[Dragonbait]

That was good stuff from Ueck there. I really want another playoff run, just to here all of the golden calls he'll have. There would be nothing better than a World Series winning call though.

 

My only fear.... That might kill him.. right there in the booth.... But hey... what better way to go....

[brettac1]

Definitely one of my favorite calls in a long time. He was jacked.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

That was a great call from Ueck. From the toes!

[billyhallfan]

that was an awesome call, I heard it on the postgame show leaving milwaukee, but wasn't the score 6-5 after the homerun? Not 6-4? But who really cares...

[yfinn6]

Almost every time I hear Ueck call a Brewers homerun I get goosebumps. I love how excited he gets. The Braun homerun in 2008 is probably my favorite Uecker moment.

[The Truth]

Uecker in mid-season form. Awesome

[Warning Track Power]

Almost every time I hear Ueck call a Brewers homerun I get goosebumps. I love how excited he gets. The Braun homerun in 2008 is probably my favorite Uecker moment.

That is the ringtone on my cellphone. I was only 4 months old in October 1982, so I obviously don't remember anything from that season but Ueck's call absolutely gives me goosebumps every time when I think about how 26 years of disappointment being a Brewers fan were washed away in that one moment. Brought me to tears that day and at the right moments even now can get me going.

[LouisEly]

We have no idea how fortunate we are to have one of the best announcers - if not arguably the best overall in terms of entertaining the fans - in the history of baseball.

 

Not quite as special as Easter Sunday 1987, but really, really good.

[davemakovec]

Now that Vin Scully has retired (I think?), Uecker is definitely the best overall radio announcer in the game. Scully was the only one in his league.

[pitchleague]

Scully is still around for this year.

[brettac1]

He and Scully are quite different stylistically, but yes, both are great.

[PlayerHader]

Uecker is far better when the team sucks. I find him frustrating to listen to (especially early on and middle innings) when I actually care about a game.

[MNBrew]

Shortly after the HR itself, when Uecker basically re-capped the event right after it happened (radio commentary in lieu of instant video replay, before the next batter hit), he did correct himself and clarify that the score was 6-5, not 6-4.

 

I was listening live while running errands. Love that station out of River Falls.

[hawing]

On the bus ride to work today, I was listening to the whole game recap again, and realized how much I enjoy the way Bob booms out "FIEEEL-der!" after a Prince home run...along with enjoying the instant epicness of his call of Casey's blast.

[Warning Track Power]

He and Scully are quite different stylistically, but yes, both are great.

Living in Southern California and having XM and the MLB Audio package so I can listen to Ueck, I have to say that listening to Ueck is so much better than listening to Scully. I love the stories Scully tells and all the information he brings, but the man never stops talking to allow the moment to build. I know I get frustrated by Ueck sometimes when I don't know what the heck is going on and all of a sudden it's 0-2 on Prince, but Scully just talks through some critical moments when silence would be best.

 

I do enjoy Scully immensely. However, when I am done listening to the Dodger game, I just want to go listen to instrumental music, sit in the library or go to sleep so I don't have to hear anymore talking. I'm just so worn out.

 

 

[moofnelson]

Thanks for the link. I didn't realize we had access to these radio highlights. To me, nothing will top Uek's calls of Brauns and Sveums's/Deer's HR's. Probably because those homeruns meant so much in Brewers' history.