Bob Uecker has died on Thursday at the age of 90. A one-of-a-kind man, former baseball player, legendary television broadcaster and TV/film star, has been struggling with miniature cell lung cancer since the beginning of 2023. Many stories have emerged since his death, but none may be better than Jonathan Lucroy revealing that his voicemail is being recorded by Uecker himself and its contents are what you would expect.
Jonathan Lucroy had Bob Uecker record his voicemail
On MLB Network Radio, Jonathan Lucroy joined the call to talk about Bob Uecker. He started talking about how Uecker recorded his voicemail so that people who call him can hear his voice. Lucroy said the idea was inspired by then-teammate reliever Kameron Lowe, who did the same thing. To this day, at least a decade later, Uecker’s voice can be heard all the way to Lucroy’s voicemail.
The content of Jonathan Lucroy’s voicemail is what you would expect
On the air, Lucroy was able to play the audio of his voicemail for everyone to hear. It read: “Lucroy swings and fouls in the air behind home plate. This one will take the lower seats in the box and wow, look, he hit his wife Sarah right on the top of the head and she was knocked out! How about this! And he left too. If you want to call back, please leave your name and number. If you don’t do this, please leave your zip code.”
If you call Jonathan Lucroy, you can hear Bob Uecker.
Hear how Bob Uecker became Lucroy’s voicemail!
🔗 https://t.co/fGPbvbj8w4 pic.twitter.com/Ushy3j8TTf
— MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM (@MLBNetworkRadio) January 17, 2025
Additional Bob Uecker stories by Jonathan Lucroy
WX Lucroy graciously shared more stories about Uecker.
Here’s a little confidential message between me and Ueck. I just got run over at the plate in a game against the Astros when I was playing for the Angels. He contacted me to check in and gave the typical Ueck response, lol pic.twitter.com/CNq05ENDCD
— Jonathan Lucroy (@JLucroy20) January 17, 2025
You know the story about Ueck hitting the left side of his baseball card? He gave me an idea. Congratulations to him because the photographers didn’t capture it! pic.twitter.com/JPgAYoCyT2
— Jonathan Lucroy (@JLucroy20) January 17, 2025
Another great story about Ueck occurred during his memorial ceremony outside the stadium.
I had seen him before and congratulated him on his great honor. He looks at me with dead seriousness and says:
“I’m just happy for the pigeons. They now have a new poop goal and I couldn’t be happier.”
This…
— Jonathan Lucroy (@JLucroy20) January 17, 2025
I went fishing with Ueck on his boat on a day off early in my career. I was nervous and I hadn’t known him for long. I love fishing and Ueck invited me to go with him.
Anyway, I caught a lake trout and brought it close to the boat. He handed me his net so I could bring…
— Jonathan Lucroy (@JLucroy20) January 16, 2025
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