Vin Scully's Tribute to Bob Uecker

• Laughs on tap as Uecker's statue unveiled (MLB.com)

Vin Scully recorded a dedication to Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker, who was just honored with a statue outside Miller Park:

Hi everybody, this is Vin Scully speaking from Los Angeles to honor my pal Bob Uecker.

I can't believe, like so many of us, how many years have gone by. Oh sure, I know that Bob has been a great broadcaster for Milwaukee for the last forty-two years, but I've known him a lot longer than that, when he played for the Atlanta Braves.

In fact, I can't say the name "Bob Uecker" without smiling. It was Ueck who told me they first told him he was no longer a member of the Braves when he went to the clubhouse, and they said, I'm sorry, no visitors allowed.

It was Ueck who said that they injected him so that he would have yellow fever to match the bats on Cardinal uniform, to keep him out of the World Series.

All in all, the best interview I ever had was interviewing Bob Uecker before a game, where I actually split my sides.

And to think of Bob Uecker and a statue, with birds on the shoulders. Now that's an eight-by-ten I'd like to see.

Nice going, Bob. We love you.

photo by Gary Porter/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Truth is Stranger

Bob Uecker stalker gets warning at Brewers game.

That's not a typo.

Bob Uecker stalker gets warning at Brewers game.

The baseball team notified the Phoenix police that Ann E. Ladd was at Monday's game, Police Sgt. Joel Tranter said Tuesday. A restraining order issued in September bars Ladd from games Uecker is announcing and requires her to stay at least 500 feet away from him.

The 73-year-old Uecker has said Ladd stalked him for six or seven years, seeking his autograph, sending him unwanted gifts and appearing at ballparks and hotels where he was staying.

Ladd, 45, has described herself as a Brewers fan. Calls to her home in Prospect Heights, Ill., went unanswered Tuesday.

Allegedly, those unwanted gifts were copies of Major League II. Questions abound at Ms. Ladd's reason for the stalking - being a lifelong fan of the hapless Brewers, or Mr Belvedere. Next time, maybe she should shell out $7.49 and buy his autograph on ebay (with shipping!).