Brewers radio booth will wear Bob Uecker’s jackets for World Series Game 1

Milwaukee’s play-by-play team is dressing in pieces of the late Hall of Famer’s wardrobe as it calls Game 1 against the Tampa Bay Rays at American Family Field.

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The answer to the question posed by Milwaukee’s World Series opener is straightforward: Brewers broadcasters in the radio booth will be wearing Bob Uecker’s jackets for Game 1, the team announced ahead of the matchup against the Tampa Bay Rays at American Family Field.

According to the Brewers’ release, Uecker’s legacy will be carried in a very literal way on air, with play-by-play announcer Jeff Levering wearing one of the late Hall of Famer’s signature jackets and additional members of the booth also donning jackets that once belonged to Uecker.

The announcement ties the tributes to Uecker’s long connection to Brewers baseball and to a specific moment earlier in the postseason, when Levering previously used a Uecker-inspired call during Milwaukee’s clinch of its first pennant in 44 years.

Uecker, who spent more than five decades as the voice of Brewers baseball, passed away in 2025 at age 90, but the organization said the plan is to keep referencing him throughout the 2026 postseason.

Levering described the depth of Uecker’s presence in Milwaukee, saying you cannot go very far in the city without thinking about Ueck, and he pointed to the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson as the origin for the particular jacket he planned to wear for the night’s broadcast.

Why It Matters

This is a visible, in-game tribute that extends Uecker’s influence from the booth to the postseason stage.
With the World Series beginning in Milwaukee, the organization is leaning into a franchise identity built around its longtime broadcaster.
The planned tributes suggest the Brewers intend to keep Uecker as part of the postseason atmosphere, not just a one-game acknowledgement.
For fans, it turns a championship run into a shared continuity with Brewers history that spans generations.

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Key Facts

Milwaukee announced its radio booth broadcasters will wear Bob Uecker jackets during 2026 World Series Game 1.
The Game 1 broadcast is set for American Family Field against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Play-by-play announcer Jeff Levering will wear one of Uecker’s jackets for the broadcast.
The team said multiple broadcasters in the booth will wear jackets that belonged to Uecker.
The release says Uecker was the Brewers’ on-air voice for more than five decades before his death in 2025 at age 90.