The Atlanta ... of baseball before his contract was over. His contract ran through 2017 and his last MLB was 2016. Kawakami was the first Japanese-born player to sign a contract with the Braves.

I turned 13 during 1967’s Summer of Love. There was no time more eventful for a red-blooded American boy to become a teenager ...

Bob Uecker, who transformed his futility as a baseball player into a successful second career as a baseball broadcaster, humorist and comic actor in television, film and commercials, died Jan. 16 at ...

Bob Uecker's sense of humor and self-deprecating style earned him fame and affection beyond his .200 batting average.

Uecker turned his meager baseball career into humorous fodder ... he never started more than 62 games in a season for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, the St. Louis Cardinals or the Philadelphia ...

Bob Uecker, whose self-deprecating wit helped him parlay a mediocre baseball career into stardom as a broadcaster, actor and pitchman for beer from his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died on ...

Bob Uecker, who transformed his futility as a baseball player into ... He played for the Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves. He never appeared in ...

Bob Uecker, the legendary radio voice of the Brewers who had called their games since 1971 and was nicknamed “Mr. Baseball,” died on Thursday, the team announced.

Bob Uecker's death has prompted all kinds of memories from his baseball, broadcasting and acting career to resurface.