Bob Uecker passed away on Thursday at the age of 90. The one of a kind human, former baseball player, legendary broadcaster, and TV/movie star had been dealing with small cell lung cancer since early 2023. Following his death, numerous stories have emerged but none of them may be better than Jonathan Lucroy revealing that his voicemail is recorded by Uecker himself and its contents are everything you’d expect.
Jonathan Lucroy had Bob Uecker record his voicemail
On MLB Network Radio, Jonathan Lucroy joined a phone call to talk about Bob Uecker. He got talking about how his voicemail was recorded by Uecker, so that when people call him they hear his voice. Lucroy said this idea was inspired by a teammate at the time, reliever Kameron Lowe, who did the same thing. To this day, at least a decade later, Uecker’s voice is till Lucroy’s voicemail.
The contents of Jonathan Lucroy’s voicemail are everything you’d expect
On air, Lucroy was able to play his voicemail audio for all to hear. The contents read, “Lucroy swings and sends a pop fly foul behind home plate. This one’s gonna get in the lower box seats and wow look at that it hit his wife Sarah right on top of the head and she is knocked out! How about that! And he’s out too. If you want a return call, leave your name and number. If you don’t, leave your zip code.”
If you call Jonathan Lucroy, you may hear Bob Uecker.
Listen to hear how Bob Uecker became Lucroy’s voicemail message!
🔗 https://t.co/fGPbvbj8w4 pic.twitter.com/Ushy3j8TTf
— MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM (@MLBNetworkRadio) January 17, 2025
Additional Bob Uecker stories from Jonathan Lucroy
On X, Lucroy graciously shared more Uecker stories.
Little insider text between me and Ueck here. I had just gotten ran over at the plate during a game against the Astros when I was on the Angels. He reached out to me to check in and gave me a typical Ueck response lol pic.twitter.com/CNq05ENDCD
— Jonathan Lucroy (@JLucroy20) January 17, 2025
You guys know the story about Ueck batting lefty on his baseball card? He gave me the idea. Props to him because the photographers never caught it! pic.twitter.com/JPgAYoCyT2
— Jonathan Lucroy (@JLucroy20) January 17, 2025
Another great story about Ueck was at his statue ceremony in front of the stadium.
I saw him before and told him congrats on a great honor. He looks at me, deadpan, and says:
“I’m just happy for the pigeons. They have a new poop target now and I couldn’t be happier.”
That’s…
— Jonathan Lucroy (@JLucroy20) January 17, 2025
I went fishing with Ueck on his boat during an off day early in my career. I was nervous and hadn’t known him long. I love to fish and Ueck invited me to go with him.
Anyway, I caught a lake trout and brought it in close to the boat. He handed me his net so I could bring the…
— Jonathan Lucroy (@JLucroy20) January 16, 2025
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