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Brewers' Uecker wins distinction on 100 worst players list
By Bob Wolfley - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 13, 2011
Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker was ranked second on a list of the "100 Worst Baseball Players of All Time" posted Wednesday at Deadspin.com.
The list was compiled by Eric Nusbaum, co-editor of the blog Pitchers & Poets.
In a preface to his list, Nusbaum wrote he intends his list to be a "tribute" and a "celebration" of the players he lists.
"By worst 100 baseball players I don't just mean the objective worst, the statistical worst, the most physically discomforting to watch," Nusbaum wrote. "I mean the players whose failure was enduring, endearing, perplexing, and spectacular."
Uecker finished just behind Mario Mendoza, he of the infamous Mendoza Line.
About Uecker, Nusbaum wrote: "In a just world, the Mendoza Line would be the Bob Uecker Line, for the catcher who did manage a clean, round .200 career average, bouncing among four teams in his six seasons. It's surprising Uecker hasn't claimed it, given his skill at leveraging failure into fame - as the voice of the Milwaukee Brewers, a Miller Lite pitchman, drunken announcer Harry Doyle in Major League, and the star of 'Mr. Belvedere.' He is the Rodney Dangerfield of baseball: 'People don't know this but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it.' "
Players on the list who played for the Brewers: Julian Tavarez (53), Alex Sanchez (55), Kurt Bevacqua (69), Bob Hamelin (94) and Tony Muser (95).
Brewers' Uecker wins distinction on 100 worst players list
By Bob Wolfley - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 13, 2011
Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker was ranked second on a list of the "100 Worst Baseball Players of All Time" posted Wednesday at Deadspin.com.
The list was compiled by Eric Nusbaum, co-editor of the blog Pitchers & Poets.
In a preface to his list, Nusbaum wrote he intends his list to be a "tribute" and a "celebration" of the players he lists.
"By worst 100 baseball players I don't just mean the objective worst, the statistical worst, the most physically discomforting to watch," Nusbaum wrote. "I mean the players whose failure was enduring, endearing, perplexing, and spectacular."
Uecker finished just behind Mario Mendoza, he of the infamous Mendoza Line.
About Uecker, Nusbaum wrote: "In a just world, the Mendoza Line would be the Bob Uecker Line, for the catcher who did manage a clean, round .200 career average, bouncing among four teams in his six seasons. It's surprising Uecker hasn't claimed it, given his skill at leveraging failure into fame - as the voice of the Milwaukee Brewers, a Miller Lite pitchman, drunken announcer Harry Doyle in Major League, and the star of 'Mr. Belvedere.' He is the Rodney Dangerfield of baseball: 'People don't know this but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it.' "
Players on the list who played for the Brewers: Julian Tavarez (53), Alex Sanchez (55), Kurt Bevacqua (69), Bob Hamelin (94) and Tony Muser (95).
