Good morning. It is Thursday, January 16th. It's five minutes after 11 with Kendall and Casey on 93 WIBC.

The Milwaukee Brewers have just announced that legendary broadcaster and former big league player Bob Euker has passed away at the age of 90.

So normally we lead the hour with sort of whatever the big story of the moment is, and it might sound kind of 90. So normally we lead the hour with sort of whatever the big story of the moment is.

And it might sound kind of weird that a baseball broadcaster passing away and he was a very

old man.

He was 90 years old would be the lead story.

But I think when you factor in Bob Euker's societal impact over generations, it certainly is worthy of leading an hour of

the news talk station of record in a city the size of Indianapolis. Because Bob Euker, I mean,

you think about what a fabulously interesting life he lived.

I mean, obviously, he started his life as a subpar baseball player, but he was so smart

and witty that he turned that in, that essentially making fun of himself, poking fun at his

inability to be productive in the major

leagues into a career that spanned generations. I mean, he was on Johnny Carson more than a hundred

times. He obviously was a key part of the Major League Baseball movies that were resounding successes.

He did those Miller-Light commercials that were to this day down in the front row.

I mean, still, obviously, he was Mr. Belvedere, the TV show.

He hosted Saturday Night Live.

He helped host WrestleMania.

I mean, the guy's career spanned legitimately, basically 70 years from being a major league baseball player to his career in media and he was beloved by everyone.

He was because he just he had that bigger larger than life personality

personality and he was witty as well and like you mentioned he turned that from being an okay baseball player into just

something much greater than that. He transitioned into the booth. And he spent more than 50

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