MILWAUKEE – At age 84, Bob Uecker's chops do not fade so soon.

Uecker's work remains the same: the Milwaukee Brewers' after-action song, a concert he has been holding since 1971, and as such, will launch the first pitch before Friday night's Ligue 1 game 1 against Los Angeles. Dodgers.

The mission is a nod to longevity, of course, but also a recognition that the many characters and jokes that Uecker wore gracefully or delivered with elán continue to resonate over the five decades that have taken place. since his career as a modest player a close.

Mr. Baseball. Harry Doyle. George Owens. I must be in the front row. I've had lows that lasted until the winter.

Every aspect of Uecker's public personality is a general attraction that, for some reason, seems to be absent from the current climate.

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After all, does anyone really benefit from game-play or color analysts at their favorite sporting events? Looking under the hood of social media seems to indicate that it's a resounding no.

Does anyone discuss with friends or colleagues of Progressive Flo or Geico Gecko or Peyton Manning's milquetoast by imagining how the Miller Lite cannon from Uecker has defined an advertising era?

Can a character issue a radio call from Brewers at Angels, with plenty of seating available, then board a helicopter and court with Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon? Tonight's show couch like Uecker has often done?

On Friday at Miller Park, Uecker spent almost half an hour on sports, entertainment and the way he always was.

"I like to make people laugh," said Uecker. "And I experienced this with my children:" Why do you do that? Why do you speak as you do? "For me, it's funny.

"In fact, the other day, while we were in Colorado (for the third game in the NL Division series), Oh Seunghwan came into play with his interpreter.After the conversation, I said," If I'm 39, was a hitter here, I would probably face the performer; Oh, go to the dugout.

"And I do not know why I think about that stuff either, it's something else."

He also could not explain a particularly unique approach to Friday night's honor.

"I am?" he says to throw the first throw.

"I was going to take a Percocet and throw it in the top deck." That would have been good to laugh at. But things like that, I mean, what's wrong with that, you see ? "

Uecker may well be Bud Selig's best contribution to baseball, bringing the former Milwaukee Braves receiver (substituting career: -1.0) to Dairyland to call the Brewers matches in 1969. Uecker stated that he often had to stand up to the famous and chaste Selig, holding the line on his refusal to read Pabst Blue Ribbons' ads on broadcasts because of his affiliation with Miller Lite and, later, develop an arrangement to skip some September series for the filming of Mr. Belvedere during the six seasons of this show in the late 80s.

Now he is cherished by the brewers. Uecker was a social media star at the team's celebrations to clinch a playoff spot, as well as for NL's central division and their Rockies sweep in the Division series. None of them was born when Uecker was among the best pitchmen in the nation, but they know that he played and that he can still make them laugh.

"His sense of humor," says Craig Counsell, the manager of the Brewers, who records a radio segment with Uecker before every home match, "is not old enough."

Uecker's respect for the game is clear. He stated that he had quickly dismissed any discussion on a round in the 2016 World Series booth in order to resurrect Harry Doyle's character from the Major league trilogy. "The film was the film," he says, "and the World Series is the World Series.

And besides …

"The third stink," he said shamelessly. "It was really bad."

Uecker does not make many trips on the Brewers road now, although his loyalty to the radio remains unconditional. And as the proliferation of media plays a role in the relevance of each, it is possible that it is the last of its kind.

Yogi Berra has passed away. Like Jack Buck. Scully Wine is quietly retired in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

Uecker remains dynamic, even though he admits to having thought about life after death.

"I've already made an agreement with Mark Attanasio (owner of Brewers)," he says. "Once I pass, bring me back here every five years, around the alert trail.

"And then, make sure they bring me back to the same place."