Best Friend You’ve Never Met

When you’re a baseball fan in Wisconsin, summer is synonymous with many things. Beer. Brats. Bob Uecker. I have has the privilege to have a few interactions with Bob Uecker on my time working as a racing sausages. Though these were short and impersonal, they were still memorable. Hearing the news that he passed away earlier this week was shocking. That might be hard to say for someone who lived a long and full ninety years, but it just seemed like it wasn’t true. I joked with another teacher at school that this death hit me in a smaller but similar way to the passing of my father just over a year ago. If you’re a Brewers fan, you grew up with Bob. His voice brings up many, many happy memories. From the baseball games, to the movies and TV appearances, he was the soundtrack of our summers. To many, he was the best friend you never met.