Disciples of Uecker

The votes have been tabulated. Bob Uecker and Geoff Jenkins both received enough votes to eclipse the necessary 65 percent and will be the final two individuals who are inducted into the DoU Hall of Fame this year. I was doubly surprised with this ballot. I was… [More]

Earlier this week, readers voted only one Brewers player into the DoU Hall of Greatness from the 1990s. That was Jeff Cirillo. It was a ballot that was littered with role players and journeymen, but it lacked the star power necessary to induct more than… [More]

After a gaudy ballot for the 1980s that saw five former Brewers receive enough votes for induction into the DoU Hall of Greatness, it was tough to watch the ballots for the 1990s come my way throughout the weekend. I received more than one blank… [More]

Numerous readers had sent me follow-up emails with their earlier ballots expressing excitement regarding the 1980s ballot for the DoU Hall of Greatness project that we began a couple weeks ago. As it turns out, restricting the ballot to only ten names left a couple… [More]

As the DoU Hall of Greatness voting moved into the 1970s, the first three ballots cast unexpectedly included ten players, and it quickly became apparent this 1970s ballot would yield more than one inductee. Such liberalness in the voting surprised me. In fact, I specifically… [More]

Earlier this week, we unveiled our plans to start a Disciples of Uecker Hall of Greatness — a community-driven ode to the greatest baseball players/managers/owners who have ever donned a jersey in Milwaukee. It’s certainly an ambitious project, so we decided to separate the voting… [More]

With the news released last week that former Milwaukee Braves shortstop Johnny Logan will be the 17th member of the Miller Park Walk of Fame, we began putting together the framework for our own ode to the greats of Milwaukee baseball. Here’s the deal: We hope… [More]