Milwaukee Brewers legend Robin Yount honored another icon when he threw out the first pitch during game 1 of the World Series. He wore Bob Uecker’s jacket in honor of the late announcer.
Yount, of course, was a member of the last Brewers team to go to the World Series in 1982. No two men symbolize the franchise more than Yount and Uecker. You can watch the video here.
VIDEO: Robin Yount Throws Out the 1st Pitch
Yount was joined at the mound by former baseball commissioner Bud Selig.
The Brewers radio team also honored Uecker by wearing plaid jackets.
The Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays to win game 1 in Milwaukee. Lane Grindle, Jeff Levering, Josh Maurer and engineer/producer Kent Sommerfeld also wore plaid Uecker jackets. Uecker, 90, died in 2025. He broadcast Brewers games for more than 50 years.
Robin Yount Came Up With the Idea of Wearing the Plaid Jackets
According to the Associated Press, Grindle revealed that Yount came up with the idea to wear the plaid jackets. “He said, ‘Do you think it would be appropriate if I wore a plaid jacket in honor of Ueck?'” Grindle said. “I was like, ‘I think that would be incredible if you did that.'”
Uecker’s family was supportive. “They were very quick to say, ‘Absolutely, that’s incredible, that you could have a piece of Bob with you in the radio booth, where he called home, and for his best friend Robin Yount to wear it when he goes out to the mound,'” Grindle said, according to the AP.
Maurer wore a jacket that actually belonged to Uecker and which the sports broadcasting legend wore to film a commercial.
According to the AP, Brewers fans left Miller Lite cans at the feet of a statue honoring Uecker at the ballpark.
Why were Yount and Selig chosen? According to USA Today, Selig helped bring the Brewers franchise to Milwaukee in 1970, and Yount is widely regarded as the best Brewers player in history.
Yount played in Major League Baseball for 20 years, and he spent all of them in Milwaukee. He earned two MVP awards, and he’s in the MLB Hall of Fame. Paul Molitor, also an iconic member of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers World Series team, is scheduled to throw out the first pitch for game two. Paul Molitor is now 70 years old.
Molitor sat down with CBS 58 Milwaukee before the World Series.
“You just felt that this one was going to be different,” he said. “I’ve just watching how that team plays.” He expressed “gratitude” and thankfulness that Brewer fans got to experience another World Series after four decades.
WATCH: Robin Yount Throws Out 1st World Series Pitch in Bob Uecker Jacket