Robin Yount helped put a human face on Milwaukee’s championship celebration Friday, joining the Brewers’ World Series rally at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater and taking time to reflect on Bob Uecker’s place in the franchise’s story.
Yount, a Hall of Famer and one of the speakers at the event, was part of a day of celebrations held across Wisconsin to honor the Brewers’ first title. But his remarks also turned toward the longtime broadcaster who became one of the most beloved voices in team history before his death in 2025.
For Yount, Uecker never felt far away during the Brewers’ run.
“We didn’t lose Ueck,” Yount remarked during the parade.
“We didn’t lose him. He’s here.
I threw out the first pitch. I felt him all around me.
Why do you think the pitch went just a bit outside? I didn’t try to do that.
He’s here. You can’t get rid of him.”
The line carried extra weight because of Uecker’s famous “just a bit outside” call from Major League, when he played announcer Harry Doyle during a pitch thrown by Ricky Vaughn.
Yount’s connection to the moment runs deep. He was the Brewers’ best player on the 1982 team that reached Game 7 of the World Series before falling to the St.
Louis Cardinals. That Milwaukee club didn’t win the championship, but it still drew a parade from fans who embraced the run.
Friday’s celebration marked Milwaukee’s first World Series title as a Brewers team, though the city’s first crown came in 1957, when the Milwaukee Braves beat the New York Yankees in seven games. The franchise later moved to Atlanta after the 1965 season.
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