Bob Ueker is a national treasure

@richard1472

9 ай бұрын

More than that, Bob Uecker is an American institution.

@traybern

9 ай бұрын

SO is Bob Uecker!!!

@traybern

9 ай бұрын

And Bob Uecker batted cross-EYED!!!

I could listen to Bob Uecker talk baseball all day...

Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a bit outside. Still a classic.

Funniest Bob Eucker line was when he said he shouId of been inducted into the Hall Of Fame as a player instead of as a broadcaster.

Ueker is the best story teller, hands down.

@tonymazzella4812

3 жыл бұрын

I watch and listen to Bob and laugh every time!

@Surfer041

9 ай бұрын

These are tough, no nonsense, no excuses men.

@docmccoy95

9 ай бұрын

Hands crossed.

Ueker is always just a bit outside. Gotta love the guy

Uke is priceless. His stories with Johnny Carson kept me laughing in tears!

Hammerin Hank is the GOAT! Mr. Ueker is Awesome on all fronts.

Awesome player. R.I.P. Hank Aaron. ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️

@notbraindead7298

9 ай бұрын

The best of the Best. R.I.P. Hank Aaron

Thank you. Hank Aaron died. He played baseball back when men were men, and not what they are now. Bob Uecker is a legend. Great guy.

@eamonhunt8781

3 жыл бұрын

Navy SEALS, Green Berets, Rangers, extreme sports, 7 wars being fought right now there bubba, what do men need to do now to measure up?

@mrmojorisin8752

3 жыл бұрын

Yesssirr and back then women were women, no tats, music was better back then, everyone got along, children were quiet and respected their elders, whole damn country went to Hell and it has nothin’ to be with me being a bitter old white guy.

@marcschneider4845

2 жыл бұрын

@@eamonhunt8781 they have to kill more people. Not enough people being killed. To be a real man, you have to kill more people. Or, in baseball terms, you have to hit more people in the head.

"i said, uhm, i'm a catcher." hank, "who you with?" uke, "i'm on your team."

“Good what do you do?” 🤣🤣🤣

0:58 “...or did he ever ask you for hitting tips?” You can always learn what to do by learning what NOT to do.

Always great interviews with Bob Uker

We have a statue of Hammerin Hank in front of our ballpark here in Eau Claire WI. He played on the minor league team here , the Eau Claire Bears, in 1952. Greatest player in major league history when you consider his accomplishments in spite of the way he was treated…… The Marvel that is Bob Uecker says so…..

Great guy discussing an all time great player, love it! I too received hitting "tips" from Bob in my younger days, scout said "we're taking a look Dennis, not at you but we're here looking! Thanks Bob!

Hank Aaron and Bob Uecker, two of baseball's greatest representatives. Aaron with his talent, humility and dignity. Uecker for, ummm, his friendship with Hank Aaron. 😁 Seriously, as mentioned before, a National treasure. Both he and Hank were/are.

@redleg.0

3 жыл бұрын

1962, the year Uecker and Aaron combined for 46 home runs! (Aaron hit 45)

@eddoug6779

3 жыл бұрын

@@redleg.0 They were a wrecking crew feasting on NL pitching. Ebony and Ivory at it's finest.

@marcschneider4845

2 жыл бұрын

@@redleg.0 Yes, but I bet Uek remembers his one more than Hank did his! 😊

@notbraindead7298

9 ай бұрын

@eddoug677: . . . . for his friendship with Hank Aaron. 😂😂😂

@66edoug

9 ай бұрын

@@notbraindead7298 Thanks!

Why would someone even imagine putting a thumbs down for this? 😐

@BluBlu111

3 жыл бұрын

@Victor Block just losers.. lol 😆

@ryanduray1

Жыл бұрын

Because some people are just evil.

@BluBlu111

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanduray1 sick world

@clcortelyou

9 ай бұрын

'cuz its too SHORT!!

@lesheinen6116

17 күн бұрын

@@clcortelyou And it is with Bob Costas.

I just stumbled on this vid tonight. Had to say I got to see Hank Aaron hit a home run in the Houston Astrodome and I'll never forget it. I have never seen anyone hit a homerun like him because all he did was flick the bat with his wrists.

@josephgonnelli7990

9 ай бұрын

Dick Allen hit a home run in the astrodome to dead center.....incredible hit

RIP Hank

Hey Costos.......Don't forget about Lew Burdett!

❤ Bob Ueker!

If nothing else, Bob Uker is the funniest man in baseball!

When I was a kid, we couldn't get the games on radio or tv unless they were carried by one of the major networks. But they always had the daily box scores in our local paper. Aaron, Mays, Mantle, Maris, Duke Snyder, the BROOKLYN Dodgers. Then the Viet Nam war came, I enlisted in the USAR, college, marriage, jobs. I never had time for it after I grew up.

"who are you with" Hank Aaron asks Uecker.....lol....freaking hilarious

When sports weren’t so dam hyped up..........

@Eyes-of-Horus

3 жыл бұрын

And guys played for the love of the game.

"din't make much of an impression" Is that Bob Costas or Jiminy Glick?

Bob and I share an on the job experience. I've gotten "who are you" from day 1!

That's nuts .350 .400 hitting cross armed

@vestibulate

3 жыл бұрын

Mario Bonilla Uecker's absurd sense of humor at work there. Incidentally, when I just typed his name, spellcheck notified me it was wrong. That's the sort of lasting cultural impression Bob made.

@terryelliott3183

3 жыл бұрын

When he showed up to play for the Norfolk Clowns as a slap hitting shortstop, they saw his reversed hands. They immediately changed it-- and he became the best power hitter of all time. Shows you how much instruction he had had as a kid-- none.

@17Helton

3 жыл бұрын

Some of the greats arrived at the pro level quite green or lacked Baseball I.Q. but we're so great physically and mentally they picked up the game before too many realized their shortcomings. I heard a great Larry Walker story (MTL, COL, STLC): Canadian born hockey goalie through much of his youth was actually much better at Baseball. When he got to COL he became one of the games' best baserunner's but when he got to the minor leagues he was rough. One time he was on first with less than 2 outs and took off on a hit-and-run on a lazy fly ball to the outfield he was halfway around second about 2/3 of the way to 3rd when he realized the ball was gonna be caught so he needed to get back to first base. The legal play is to go back to 2nd and re-tag and then straight to 1st but he took the more direct illegal straight shot across the infield near the pitchers mound. He was ruled out for his "cheating." Never did that again. Funny when you don't know the rules! I think he was 18 or 19 when that happened.

@cisium1184

3 жыл бұрын

Aaron is known as the home run king, but not as well known is that he was a lifetime .305 hitter with a lifetime .374 OBP. And that's including his last two years with the Brewers when he was pretty awful (although he still drew walks).

OMG so funny--- "I'm the catcher on your team!"

Bob Ueker playing on the same team as Hank Aaron. Only baseball can do that. That's the charm of baseball. I wish the younger generation would see this. Yes I know I sound like a grumpy old man lol.

I would love to pick Uek's mind.

They said Hank had a "hitch" in his swing. Many have said, "I wish I had a hitch in my swing"....

What do you do?

I fit right in🤣

Bob Uecker went out of his way to not show those guys up. Such self restraint.

I played ball with a guy that batted cross handed, he could kill the baseball like that. It looked painful to me.

Lookie there, He's in the front row!

I was going to watch this until I saw Bob Costas hosting.

Ueck....Adored

I saw Aaron hit HR #693 in Los Angeles against Al Downing. Then a month or two later he hit #715 off Al Downing in Atlanta.

@jonvandenberg5065

9 ай бұрын

No he didn't. He hit #715 the following season.

If you like this then you have to hear the stories of Artie Lange and Norm MacDonald about Uecker.

i have the topps card cross handed

i could listen to uke all day long, he's talked about the racism hank faced and he'd try to buffer him from them, and it. ruins this idea that people are just products of their time, good people don't hate just because everyone else is.

Crosshanded hitting thing is a bit of a myth. By the time Henry got signed he was using his hands correctly. It does however burnish the tales of why his wrists and forearms were so powerful. I read a story many years ago that noted Aaron’s forearms and wrists were bigger than Muhammad Ali’s.

@vermontmike9800

9 ай бұрын

Exactly, Hank himself talked about hitting cross handed as a kid playing stick ball and practicing hitting soda bottle caps with a broom stick.

Hank Aaron the Jimi Hendrixs of batting

@spactick

3 жыл бұрын

ha! not really, more like the Mercedes of hitting, a beautiful swing

@17Helton

3 жыл бұрын

I never saw him set his bat on 🔥.

@lucianolorenzo8395

3 жыл бұрын

@@spactick didn't jimi used a left hand guitar, and Hank batted right handed but hands were grip like a left hand batter as a self thought batter

@lucianolorenzo8395

3 жыл бұрын

@@17Helton every time he step up to the plate his bat was on fire

In bob’s defense catchers do wear a lot of equipment 😀

Definite exaggeration. No way Bob catches a couple times and Hank don't know who he is.

@dcasper8514

3 жыл бұрын

Big Colt.....That was part of his "shtick", to make himself incidental. Bob's lifetime batting average of 200, would fit in perfectly with today's baseball.

@bigcolt5256

3 жыл бұрын

@@dcasper8514 A homer off Koufax is kinda awesome. I don't watch baseball no more. Too much punk factor.

@mrmojorisin8752

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigcolt5256 How about NFL with its kneeling....NASCAR removing Confederate flags....

@bigcolt5256

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrmojorisin8752 Amen. Oops, Awoman.

Next time I'm out with the kids, I'm gonna try hitting cross handed.

@vestibulate

3 жыл бұрын

Cordelia Noelle Gives a whole new meaning to "breaking your wrists".

Baseball would not be the same without the likes of Bob Euker. I think it's needed more in todays game instead of the showboating that goes on.

i should like to see that. hank or anybody hitting crosshanded.

😂😂

Hank's gone and I don't think people really know why

Hopefully, he didn't play with Hank's jockstrap.

Bob was a terrible player all personality no skill

Bob Ueker = awesome Bob Costas = liberal tool