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It’s not enough to simply call Bob Uecker an original, "1 of 1" or the last of his kind. Uecker was both the OG and the parody, a man whose friendly voice on the airwaves echoed the folksy announcing ...

By TODD GOLDEN ''Special to Fastball on SI'' Back in October, I was driving back to my Bloomington, Ind., home from Big Ten Basketball Media Days in Chicago. A ...