Bob Uecker

**Robert George Uecker** ( / ˈjuːkər / YOO YOO kər ; Janairu 26, 1934 - Janairu 16, 2025) ƙwararren mai kama ƙwallon baseball ne kuma mai gabatar da wasanni wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai sanar da wasan kwaikwayo ga Milwaukee Brewers na Major League Baseball (MLB) na tsawon yanayi 54. Hakanan ya kasance ɗan wasan talabijin da fina-finai lokaci-lokaci.

Uecker ya rattaba hannu da garinsu Milwaukee Braves a shekarar 1956, inda ya shafe shekaru da dama a ƙananan ƙungiyoyi tare da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban na haɗin gwiwa kafin ya fara buga wasa a babban gasar a shekarar 1962. A matsayinsa na mai riƙe da kambun wasa, ya buga wa Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, da Atlanta Braves wasa daga 1962 zuwa 1967. Ya lashe gasar World Series tare da Cardinals a shekarar 1964 .

Bayan ya yi ritaya, Uecker ya fara aikin watsa shirye-shirye kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo na Milwaukee Brewers daga 1971. Uecker ya shahara da rashin kunyatar da kansa kuma ya zama mai gabatar da shirye-shiryen tattaunawa na dare a shekarun 1970 da 1980, wanda mai gabatar da shirye-shiryen tattaunawa Johnny Carson ya yi masa lakabi da " **Mr. Baseball** ". Ya dauki nauyin shirye - shiryen wasanni da dama kuma ya yi aikin wasan kwaikwayo wanda ya hada da rawar da ya taka a matsayin George Owens a shirin talabijin *Mr. Belvedere* da kuma Harry Doyle mai gabatar da shirye-shirye na wasa-da-wasa a fim din *Major League* da kuma jerin shirye-shiryensa guda biyu.

An karrama Uecker a zauren shahara na ƙasa da lambar yabo ta Ford C. Frick ta 2003 domin girmama aikinsa na watsa shirye-shirye.

## Rayuwar farko
Duk da cewa wani lokacin yana yin barkwanci cewa an haife shi ne a kan hanyar zuwa Illinois da ke kusa  (an hana margarine a jihar kiwo ta Wisconsin tsawon shekaru da yawa) a ranar 26 ga Janairu, 1934, an haifi Uecker kuma ya girma a Milwaukee .  Shi ɗan asalin Michigan ne Mary (née Schultz) da August "Gus" Uecker. August Uecker ya yi ƙaura daga Switzerland a 1923. Bob kuma yana da ƙannensa mata biyu, Carol Ann da Rosemary.  Ya girma yana kallon ƙungiyar Milwaukee Brewers ta ƙungiyar American Association a Borchert Field . 

Watsa shirye-shiryen ƙarshe na Uecker shine Wasan 3 na National League Wild Card Series tsakanin Milwaukee Brewers da New York Mets a ranar 3 ga Oktoba, 2024. 

## Kwarewar wasanni a wajen wasan baseball
Kwarewar wasanni ta Uecker ta wuce wasan baseball. Ya dauki nauyin shirye-shiryen talabijin guda biyu, *wato Wacky World of Sports na Bob Uecker* da kuma *War of the Stars na Bob Uecker* . Tun daga lokacin aka san tsohon a matsayin *The Lighter Side of Sports* (kodayake tare da wani mai masaukin baki daban, Mike Golic ) kuma ya kasance daya daga cikin shirye-shiryen wasanni mafi dadewa a tarihin talabijin na Amurka. 

### Rashin lafiya da mutuwa
A ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 2010, Uecker ya sanar da cewa zai rasa makonni 10-12 na kakar wasan ƙwallon baseball ta 2010 saboda tiyatar zuciya . An maye gurbin bawul ɗin aorta da wani ɓangare na tushen aorta bayan kwana huɗu, kuma ya koma watsa shirye-shirye ga Brewers a ranar 23 ga Yuli.    A ranar 14 ga Oktoba, 2010, Brewers ya sanar da cewa Uecker zai sake yin tiyatar zuciya, a wannan karon don gyara wani tsagewa a wurin da aka maye gurbin bawul ɗinsa.