Have we done this yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OofRzY1Tm_g
Uecker + Norm MacDonald + John Fogarty = awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQpuRAsA_ng Uecker + Norm MacDonald + Artie Lange + Harry Caray = awesomer. ====== AIM/Gmail Chat: damonbeau www.facebook.com/damonbeau www.twitter.com/damonbeau On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 15:36, <[email protected]> wrote: > Credit: MLB.com Bleacher Report > --Deb > > http://bleacherreport.com/tb/b3TXj > > > > 04/27/10 6:01 PM ET > Uecker to have heart surgery > Popular broadcaster, actor expected to miss 10-12 weeks > > By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com > MILWAUKEE -- Brewers Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Uecker has always been > better at turning a comedic phrase than turning on a fastball, so it came as > no surprise when he delivered sobering news on Tuesday with a touch of his > famous humor. > > Uecker, 75 and in his 40th season in the Brewers' radio booth, will undergo > heart surgery on Friday and is expected to miss the next 10-12 weeks of the > baseball season. Dr. Alfred C. Nicolosi will replace Uecker's aortic valve > and a portion of his aortic root. > > After that procedure, Dr. Jim Kleczka will determine whether additional > bypass surgery is necessary. > > "It has to be done -- that's the bottom line," Uecker told a packed news > conference. "I don't want to go on the road and 'take a Dixie' there. I'd > rather do it here." > > Flanked by a group of well-wishing players that included Prince Fielder, > Trevor Hoffman, Rickie Weeks, Casey McGehee, Jim Edmonds and Wisconsin's own > Craig Counsell, Uecker said he has known about his heart problem since last > September but had hoped to get through the 2010 season before undergoing > surgery. He planned to work Tuesday's and Wednesday's games against the > Pirates as usual before surgery Friday morning at Froedtert and the Medical > College of Wisconsin. > > At the same time, the Brewers will begin their first road trip without him > in 19 years. Uecker's radio partner, Cory Provus, will handle play-by-play > throughout the trip with color analysis by Fox Sports Wisconsin's Davey > Nelson. After the trip, the Brewers and the team's flagship radio station, > WTMJ-AM, will review its options for the remainder of Uecker's absence. > > Uecker also had surgery in 1991 to repair two abdominal aortic aneurysms > and made a full recovery in about five weeks. That's the longest he has been > away from baseball since his hometown Milwaukee Braves signed him in 1956. > > Until now. > > "A lot of people have problems worse than mine," Uecker said, tearing up. > "I wasn't worried about it because they told me I could swim, you know. It > was just in the last three months that this thing started to increase in > size. I know, because I saw it [on an EKG] yesterday." > > After his 1991 surgery, Uecker was told that there was a likelihood of a > recurrence of similar problems. They manifested last September, when Uecker > saw a specialist for tests to determine whether he had diabetes. He didn't, > but the physician heard a heart murmur and notified Klezcka, who was > alongside Uecker on Tuesday at Miller Park. > > Further tests revealed that Uecker's aortic valve was "leaking quite > badly," Klezcka said, and he also found that the aortic root above the heart > was enlarged. He monitored Uecker in the ensuing months. > > "Those two problems often go hand in hand," Klezcka said. "It's not > something that necessarily requires surgery immediately, especially in > people who don't have any symptoms. At the time, Bob was having no symptoms. > > "But the latest scans that we've gotten have shown that the aorta has grown > larger, and even though Bob doesn't have any symptoms right now, it's grown > to the point that something needs to be done because I'm afraid he would > have problems in terms of this thing potentially rupturing before the end of > the season." > > That decision was made after the Brewers returned last Thursday night from > a three-city road trip. > > "Things changed dramatically, pretty much," Uecker said. "I was advised not > to go on this [upcoming] trip and that the surgery was going to be moved up. > I was kind of hoping I would go to the end of the year and have it during > the offseason, but it didn't work." > > Uecker has been calling play-by-play on Brewers radio broadcasts since 1971 > and was inducted into the broadcasters' wing of the National Baseball Hall > of Fame in 2003. He was inducted into the Miller Park Walk of Fame the same > year, and then was added to the Milwaukee Braves Wall of Honor at Miller > Park in 2009. > > He's better known nationally for his work in film and television, including > appearances on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. It was Carson who dubbed > Uecker "Mr. Baseball." Uecker went on to star in commercials for Miller > Lite, in the hit TV series "Mr. Belvedere" and the "Major League" series of > films. He also hosted a pair of Wrestlemanias and was inducted into the WWE > Hall of Fame last month during Spring Training. > > He is an avid swimmer who maintains a locker at Miller Park for his > afternoon workouts in the team's resistance pool. Acquaintances could see > even at the start of Spring Training that he was weak, but Uecker continued > to swim a mile every morning, right through last week's road trip. > > Even as he received treatment over the winter and called early-season games > while woozy with medication, Uecker never considered taking time off until > the doctors required him to. > > "I don't want to quit," Uecker said. "I don't want to become a gibberish > idiot on the air, either. I'll know when to quit. I'll know when to stop all > the other activities. But, no, I don't feel like I can't work anymore. I > look forward to coming to the park every day. That's the highlight of the > day. > > "I don't think I'm ready [to quit] until someone tells me to, Mark > [Attanasio, the team's principal owner] or someone. Then we'll probably have > a scuffle." > > He kids, he kids. > > When he is cleared to return, Uecker will probably begin on a part-time > basis calling home games. > > "When they think I'm ready to travel, I'm going to go," Uecker said. "And > I'll keep going." > > Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the > approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "World News Now Discussion List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <wnndl%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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