Brewers Under Fire for Fake Bob Uecker Letter After Clinching Postseason Berth

Bob Uecker is undoubtedly one of the greatest MLB play-by-play announcers of all-time.

His passing prior to this season hit the baseball world hard, especially for the Milwaukee Brewers, the team he spent so many years broadcasting for.

After the Brewers clinched a postseason berth on Sunday, manager Pat Murphy read a note that was supposedly written by Uecker before his death. We now know that the letter was indeed not written by Uecker, and Milwaukee is now facing quite the backlash across social media.

Questions regarding the validity of the letter began when Murphy read that Uecker mentioned the team had the best road record in the league. There is obviously no way that Uecker could’ve known that when September rolled around that Milwaukee would be the best team on the road.

Brewers beat writer Curt Hogg clarified Monday that according to the organization, the letter was actually written by Murphy himself as a tribute to Murphy. While that is a touching tribute, it was not touching to see the team account portray it as a letter written by the great Uecker himself.

To say it was a strange way to handle things feels like it may not be doing the situation enough justice. A letter from Murphy and a letter from Uecker are not even close to each other in terms of magnitude and importance. It has stirred social media up and folks are beginning to realize what a bizarre situation it truly has become.

It is an extremely bad look for a team that has been one of the best stories in baseball this season. It should not have any effect on the Brewers performance in the postseason, but it will remain one of weirder and bizarre situations in recent memory.

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