Saturday, July 2, 2011

"Major League" director didn't know Bob Uecker was a real-life broadcaster

Turns out director David Ward just liked him in his Miller Lite commercials. This is from Yahoo Sports' "Top 10 revelations from SI’s oral history of ‘Major League:'"

Bob Uecker was hired for his work in commercials: Ward claims that when he asked Uecker to play the role of Indians radio announcer Harry Doyle, he did it because of Uecker's hilarious work in Miller Lite ads. Ward had no idea Uecker was already the real life radio voice of the Milwaukee Brewers.


Every now and then during a Brewers broadcast, Uecker will use the phrase “just a bit outside,” and I always wish he’d put just a bit more Harry Doyle into it.
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