Brewers’ Uecker back after heart surgery
July 23, 2010
MILWAUKEE (AP)—Bob Uecker is back in the booth with a fixed-up ticker. Hissense of humor never changed.
A fit and trim looking Uecker held a 30-minute press conference Friday todiscuss the return to the job he loves.
“I’m ready to rock and roll,” he said.
The 75-year-old broadcaster underwent surgery April 30 to replace his aorticvalve, aortic root and part of his ascending aorta, and had a coronary bypass,too.
He said that he felt great, he admitted that his two doctors, AlfredNicolosi and Jim Kleczka, might not agree.
He joked that they let him return because he promised they could throw out aceremonial first pitch as the Brewers play the Washington Nationals on Fridaynight.
“I hope they do better than they did on my incision,” he said.
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