Fans began to line the bottom of Uecker's statue outside the ballpark with cans of Miller Lite in a nod to the legendary ...

One unopened can of Miller Lite. As news spread of Uecker’s death ... nod to Uecker’s famous commercials as a spokesman for the beer and his countless in-game advertisements over the air.

One unopened can of Miller Lite. As news spread of Uecker’s death ... to Uecker’s famous commercials as a spokesman for the beer and his countless in-game advertisements over the air. “ ...

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Dick Leinenkugel is one of the fifth generation of his family to have guided, brewed, packaged, delivered and taste-tested in the Chippewa Falls brewery.

Uecker played a prominent role in the movies Major League (1989) and Major League II (1994) as crass announcer Harry Doyle.

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Uecker turned his meager baseball career into humorous fodder covering games on TV and as a commercial pitchman.