Clyde Drexler was almost a member of the Seattle SuperSonics. Instead, the Houston Rockets would repeat as champs.
Bob Uecker was entertaining in everything he did. On the microphone calling Milwaukee Brewers games, in movies and commercials, and even in the wrestling world when he got his hands on a microphone.
When Bob Uecker was in the clubhouse and on the field during the Milwaukee Brewers' NL Central championship celebration in September he was wearing a familiar hat. It wasn't a Brewers or championship ...
Bob Uecker played baseball, yes. He also called baseball games on the radio for an incredible 54 years. Uecker was an actor, as well. As charitable a person as one could find. But probably nobody ...
And he sure was. In every possible way. In so many places, Bob Uecker was a larger-than-life figure. When you live the life he led as a Milwaukee native, you become a celebrity around these parts. But ...