Honoring Bob Uecker: Brewers Begin a New Chapter

Jeff Levering and Lane Grindle will once again settle into the home radio booth at American Family Fields of Phoenix to call Saturday's Cactus League opener between the Brewers and the Reds. Over the past decade, they have called more than 800 games without Bob Uecker, who often missed games due to exhaustion from cancer treatments. However, this game is different as it marks the first time the Brewers will take the field since Uecker's passing in January from small cell lung cancer.
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Grindle reflected on Uecker's absence, noting how challenging it is to accept that they will no longer share the booth with him. He mentioned that Uecker had been on his mind daily, especially since the previous Spring Training when Uecker pushed himself to be part of Brewers baseball despite his health struggles. Moving forward, Grindle and Levering plan to honor Uecker's memory by taking it one day and one inning at a time, sharing stories, and cherishing the moments they had with him. They acknowledge that there is no set template for moving on without Uecker, but they aim to approach each day as he would have.